Political Quotes

“all Members of this body, Republicans and Democrats alike, are concerned about the exploitation of children. Existing State and Federal laws provide protection and H.R. 5 will in no way abrogate those laws. As a former prosecutor, I can tell my colleagues there are outstanding prevention programs like child lawyers, which address this issue, as well as those sponsored by the National DA's Association and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. We want to protect children not only from problems that could happen in the workplace or in schools but from mandating them into oblivion. The H.R. 5 unfunded mandates bill will give State and local governments the kind of relief they deserve and under that bill we will know up front the costs of any new program, and then the Congress can agree to pay for them instead of passing the buck onto other governments.”