On the recordSeptember 6, 2017
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I also thank the chairman from Bowling Green, Ohio, home of the Harvard of the Midwest, Bowling Green State University, and Ranking Member Schakowsky for including the language, as she said, for the HOT CARS Act. We lose about 37 children a year who accidentally get left in the backseat of a car when a parent or grandparent accidentally forgets that they are there, they change their routine, and 37 kids a year pass away. It is one of the most tragic circumstances we have to deal with in this country. Ms. Schakowsky and I, along with Peter King from New York, have championed this bill. I just want to say thank you for including it in here. These cars get hot fast, up to 125 degrees. This allows the companies now to put sensors in there. When we leave our keys in the car or when we leave our lights on, we get a ding or a bell. Now we will know if someone is in the backseat. There will be an alert that the car companies will put into the cars to allow us to recognize and prevent 37 deaths a year. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for working in a bipartisan way, and thank Ranking Member Schakowsky for her leadership. She has been championing this a long time, and I appreciate it.
