Political Quotes

“Senator Gramm and I are now offering a substitute amendment to S. 1675, a bill originally offered in April by myself and Senator Gramm along with Senators Hutchison, Faircloth, Dorgan, Kyl, Shelby, Campbell, McConnell, Stevens, McCain, and Thurmond. This legislation strengthens and improves the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act. The Jacob Wetterling Act, enacted as part of the 1994 crime law, requires States to enact laws to register and track the most violent, the most horrible--and least likely to be rehabilitated--criminals our Nation faces today. I refer to those criminals who attack our children and criminals who are sexually violent predators. These criminals must be tracked. And local law enforcement must know when these criminals are in their communities. This was the reason I worked to include this important measure in the 1994 crime law. And I will also point out that almost all States have taken great strides to build an effective tracking system. Now we seek to build upon this progress to meet three specific goals.”