[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14243]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      STOP THE VIOLENT OFFENDERS AGAINST CHILDREN DNA ACT OF 2002

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this Nation must express 
outrage about its murdered, abused and sexually violated children. 
Samantha Runnion, and Elizabeth Smart and Laura Ayala in my own 
district and Danielle Van Dam and Rilya Wilson out of Florida missing 
for a year. We must express our outrage.
  Only 22 States in this Nation require of sex offender registries to 
keep DNA samples, the very materials that allow those very effective 
law enforcement in California to find the horrific alleged murderer of 
Samantha Runnion. That is why this week I will offer the Save Our 
Children, Stop the Violent Offenders Against Children DNA Act of 2002, 
that will instruct the Attorney General to hold a separate, free-
standing DNA database for all sex offenders and offenders against 
children in this Nation.
  We wish we did not have this kind of violence against our children, 
our most precious resources, but we should give every opportunity to 
our law enforcement to be able to find the perpetrator quickly and 
bring he or she to justice.
  What an outrage, killing our babies, and no one standing up to say a 
word. We must have the ability to solve these crimes and stop these 
crimes.

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