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Nick Lampson: “I rise today to ask you all to join me in voting for H.R. 2517, the Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007.…”

On the recordDecember 5, 2007
I rise today to ask you all to join me in voting for H.R. 2517, the Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007. This bill amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to reauthorize the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Department of Justice's missing and exploited children's program from 2008 to 2013. Each year, thousands of children are abducted or removed from the control of a parent having legal custody without that parent's consent, under circumstances which immediately place the child in grave danger. Recent video surfaced in Nevada, for example, of a young girl being molested time and time again. Our attention has also been captured by the mystery surrounding Baby Grace, another child who was murdered and put in a plastic box and dumped in Galveston, Texas, near my district. These gruesome acts remind us that we must do everything in our power to catch these creeps and protect our children.
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Nick Lampson
Texas
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Advocating for the Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 during House floor debate.

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