Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker, too often, current U.S. law addressing international child abduction actually…”

“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker, too often, current U.S. law addressing international child abduction actually facilitates domestic violence and child abuse by forcing the return of a child despite a recognized risk to the child or parent. It is my sincere hope that, with Mr. Smith's bill and my bill and with the further corrective measures to international child abduction laws that I plan to soon introduce that can help strengthen this measure, we will be able to resolve these issues so that the interests of all involved can be addressed and so that the children's rights can be protected.”