Political Quotes

“today, I would like to join with my colleagues in commending the American Football Coaches Association for providing parents with identification kits to locate children who are missing. In 1997, the American Football Coaches Association--concerned about the 800,000 children who disappear every year--launched the National Child Identification Program. Their group distributes millions of identification kits that can be used as a means to locate lost children. Parents use the kits to make ID cards for their children, containing important identifying information, such as a picture, fingerprints and the location of a child's medical and dental records. The American Coaches Association deserves to be recognized for taking the lead on this important issue. This respected group saw that they could help American families, and they have worked long and hard to achieve that goal. Through the National Identification Program, they are providing a valuable resource for parents who are looking for missing, kidnapped or runaway children. These kits provide parents with the peace of mind of knowing that they have their child's vital statistics at their fingertips in the event of an emergency. I want to thank the American Coaches Association for handing out kit after kit at churches, schools and community events. Their work could be essential in returning missing children back to their families.”