[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16567-16568]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         TO THE CHILDREN ACROSS AMERICA REGARDING SEPTEMBER 11

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, usually when I stand here to address these 
1-minutes, it is on the subject of missing children. Today I want to 
talk about kids who are missing mothers and fathers and sisters and 
brothers and friends and family because on September 11 of last year 
more than 2,000 children lost a parent. This may not be the kind of 
loss that I usually address, but it is a profound loss, nonetheless. I 
want to send a message to those kids today that this House is thinking 
about them and they are in our hearts and in our prayers.
  The children of this country also lost a sense of innocence and 
security. I want to encourage parents across the Nation to talk to 
their children about the tragic events of September 11 of last year to 
reassure them that we all want the best for them and will continue to 
work to keep their, our, country safe from harm.

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  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Congressional Caucus on Missing and 
Exploited Children, I send our thoughts and prayers out to the children 
who lost somebody at the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, or in 
Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and to the kids all across America who are 
learning to deal with a changed and unsettled world.
  God bless you and God bless America.

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