Lynn C. Woolsey: “citizens in my district have a special desire to see clean AMBER Alert legislation passed because of a beautiful…”

“citizens in my district have a special desire to see clean AMBER Alert legislation passed because of a beautiful teenaged girl named Polly Klaas. Polly resided in my hometown of Petaluma, California. She was kidnapped from her home and murdered in 1993. It was because of failed communication in the early part of the search that ruined our chances, or any chances, of an early and potentially successful resolution to her kidnapping. Since then, organizations in my district, namely, the Polly Klaas Foundation and BeyondMissing, have worked to ensure that more is done for missing children. These organizations both advocate a national AMBER Alert system that will define how seriously Americans support child safety and saving lives. But they want a clean AMBER Alert system. That is why it is crucial that we pass a clean bill today, not one that will be filled with extra add-ons, unrelated provisions, provisions not acceptable to the other body, hindering the ultimate goal of creating a system where we can find the children who are lost in this country. So I ask, please vote for a clean AMBER Alert system, one that will be able to do the job, do it immediately, and not get bogged down in the Senate.”