Nick Lampson: “I am going to divert today from my normal story about Ludwig Koonz and my request to have him returned from Italy to his…”

“I am going to divert today from my normal story about Ludwig Koonz and my request to have him returned from Italy to his father here in the United States, to talk about and to ask Members to participate this month in the Picture Them Home campaign. Nearly 2,000 children are reported missing every day in this Nation. The Picture Them Home campaign is an annual effort to encourage the public to really look at pictures of missing children and report what they know to the authorities. One in six missing children is recovered as a result, and it is vital that we take the pledge to Picture Them Home. Mr. Speaker, there are a number of simple ways that Americans can get involved and help take a stand against child abduction and victimization, making America safer for our constituents. A packet on the Picture Them Home campaign will be delivered to Members' offices this week. I encourage Members and their staff to look at it and to work on the simple efforts that it will detail within that packet. If we all do our part, together we can renew interest in the cases of missing children that remain unsolved, and help more families bring their children home.”