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Stephanie Herseth Sandlin: “I believe that is the truth, and I guess they are treating them as exploited children. I do not know, but it is clearly…”

On the recordMay 14, 2003
I believe that is the truth, and I guess they are treating them as exploited children. I do not know, but it is clearly a misuse of the purpose of that notification center. It is absolutely outrageous; and as the gentleman knows from his leadership in the Caucus for Missing and Exploited Children, this Congress and the statehouse in Texas has worked very hard to help identify missing and exploited children, children that are away from their parents, and the assets and the energies of the AMBER Alert system are to do just that, not to find adult legislators, number one; and, number two, certainly not when everyone in the whole country knows exactly where they are.
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Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
South Dakota

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Addressing the misuse of the AMBER Alert system during a discussion on missing and exploited children.

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