The bill creates a civil cause of action the parents can bring. Does the Senator from Pennsylvania believe that in one of those rare, tragic cases of incest and the father is the reason for the incest, he should be allowed to bring a civil cause of action against the person who has transported the victim?
Dick Durbin: “The bill creates a civil cause of action the parents can bring. Does the Senator from Pennsylvania believe that in one…”
On the recordJuly 25, 2006
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