Political Quotes

“25 years ago this month, Reve Walsh took her 6-year-old son Adam shopping with her. They were looking for lamps at a local department store--a short mile from their home--when Adam was abducted. Sixteen days later, Adam's body was positively identified. To date, no one has been indicted for this horrific crime. As parents, John and Reve Walsh's worst nightmare had become a reality. As a father of three sons, I cannot imagine what pain this caused the Walsh family. Through their tears and grief, John and Reve Walsh transformed the tragedy of Adam's death into a lifelong commitment--a commitment to protect children from abduction, abuse, and exploitation. John and Reve have been on the forefront of most major child protection legislation passed by this Congress over the last 25 years: the Missing Children's Act of 1982; the Missing Children's Assistance Act of 1984, which founded the fantastic National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; the Protect Act of 2003, which established a nationwide Amber Alert network to coordinate rapid emergency responses to missing child alerts--and, most recently, the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, which is before us today.…”