[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15811]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION ACT

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to praise 
the House for having passed H.R. 4472.
  This is a very bittersweet moment for me. Passage of the bill should 
bring a sense of accomplishment, but as I think of little Jessica 
Lunsford, only tears come to my eyes.
  Today, she would be doing her summer reading, going to the movies 
with friends, and enjoying the last few weeks of summer before school 
begins. Instead, a perverted criminal assaulted, murdered and then 
buried her in his backyard and robbed her of those moments.
  He could do that because law enforcement and parents did not have the 
tools that they needed at the time to protect children. With the 
passage of the Children's Safety and Violent Crime Act, they will.
  I cannot imagine the suffering and total terror she must have felt at 
the hands of so vile a monster, and Congress cannot afford to wait one 
day longer for this bill to become law.
  I certainly look forward to the signing ceremony at the White House 
so parents will know that their children are much better protected 
because the laws are stronger against sexual offenders and predators.

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