Earl Blumenauer said "although the Sherman amendment is well intentioned, I voted against it because of the real danger it will undermine efforts at the local level to identify sexual offenders. This amendment, which establishes a national hotline to access the FBI's database of sexual predators, is opposed by the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. There are a number of problems inherent to a national name-check system. Such a system could result in many misidentification and cause the government and any misidentified individuals much embarrassment and unnecessary complications in their lives. Perhaps more serious is the possibility of failing to identify a convicted sexual predator, providing a false sense of security for the American public. This amendment only complicate local efforts to deal with sexual predators." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 11, 1998

although the Sherman amendment is well intentioned, I voted against it because of the real danger it will undermine efforts at the local level to identify sexual offenders. This amendment, which establishes a national hotline to access the FBI's database of sexual predators, is opposed by the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. There are a number of problems inherent to a national name-check system. Such a system could result in many misidentification and cause the government and any misidentified individuals much embarrassment and unnecessary complications in their lives. Perhaps more serious is the possibility of failing to identify a convicted sexual predator, providing a false sense of security for the American public. This amendment only complicate local efforts to deal with sexual predators.

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Earl Blumenauer

Democratic · Oregon

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Opposing the Sherman amendment related to a national hotline for sexual predator identification.

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