Phil Gingrey: “Mr. Chairman, as the Nation's resource center for child protection, the National Center for Missing and Exploited…”

“Mr. Chairman, as the Nation's resource center for child protection, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children spends 94 percent of its revenue directly on programs and services. Due to their commitment to spend their resources on helping children, the center received an A+ rating in the Winter 2003 American Institute of Philanthropy Charity Rating Guide. This rating is used to recommend charities based on percentage of money spent on charitable purposes versus administrative expenses. There were an estimated total of 58,200 children abducted by nonfamily members in 1999. Mr. Chairman, that is 160 abductions a day. To reduce this number, we must pass H.R. 1104. I would again urge my colleagues to support this bill.”