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“I wish to talk about one aspect of Senator Hutchison's legislation that is also included in my stand-alone amendment. This is the administrative subpoena authority. Because this has been taken out of the Klobuchar alternative, it is not in underlying Leahy bill. What happens is sex offenders are required to register. If they do not register, they are much more likely to commit future acts of sexual assault and abuse, particularly against children. As a matter of fact, one of the biggest indicators that someone is likely to reoffend is when they do not register. So what the Hutchison bill does, what my bill does, is give U.S. marshals the administrative subpoenas to collect records and information to help identify these unregistered sex offenders and to protect future victims from their sexual assault. Because if they are registered, if they are identified, they are much less likely to reoffend and commit further acts of sexual abuse. We all want to see this legislation pass. But I would just reiterate for my colleagues' benefit, the letter we received from the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network that said the alternative to my amendment that will be offered--that the alternative is largely symbolic and will not have the impact of reducing the impact we find in the Cornyn amendment. I would ask my colleagues to support the amendment and to support certainly Senator Hutchison's amendment. I commend her for her great work on this subject.…”