Political Quotes

“I speak in support of H.R. 1104, the Child Abduction Prevention Act, which strengthens the punishment and consequences of those criminals who would dare to harm our children, as well as provides for the national coordination of the AMBER Alert communications network. This legislation also increases the authorization for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which serves as the national resource center and clearinghouse to aid missing and exploited children and their families. H.R. 1104 includes Section 305, which increases the authorization level of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to $20,000,000 for fiscal years 2004 and 2005. As the nation's resource center and clearinghouse for missing and exploited children, the Center carries out many important responsibilities that provide assistance to families and law enforcement agencies in locating and recovering missing and exploited children, both nationally and internationally. In order to do this, the Center operates a national 24-hour toll-free telephone line for individuals to report information regarding the location of any missing child.”