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Nick Lampson: “I am proud to ask all of my colleagues to support H. Con. Res. 484. We all know now the names of Elizabeth Smart and…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2002
I am proud to ask all of my colleagues to support H. Con. Res. 484. We all know now the names of Elizabeth Smart and Michelle VanDamme and all the other children who were tragically abducted this summer. This sense of Congress expresses that we, the representatives of children all across America, care about their well-being and safety. In 1996 just after I was elected, shortly after I took the oath of office to this wonderful body, I did not even know about the issue. I had not spoken about it. I knew a little bit about it because I have children myself; but it came to my attention in such a way that it was dramatic in that a little girl, Laura Kate Smither, was abducted and murdered in my district.
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Nick Lampson
Texas
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Addressing child safety and support for H. Con. Res. 484 during a floor speech.

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