Nick Lampson

in 1997 I established the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus to provide a unified and loud voice for missing children advocates within Congress. The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley) and 157 other Members work with me…

I rise today to urge parents to make sure that they know how to prevent child abductions and what to do when they occur. On May 23, the National Missing Children's Day, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and its…

I rise today to honor Tim Miller and the members of the Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team. The first official meeting of this organization was held in August of 2000; and since then, Texas EquuSearch has been on nearly 100…

I rise to commend a very brave and very smart little girl by the name of Sarah Ahn. Sarah Ahn is the playmate and friend of Samantha Runnion, the girl who was snatched when playing near her Stanton, California home. I commend Sarah Ahn…

I wanted to talk about the issue of Social Security and what we are facing with changes. I know that one of my colleagues soon, the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), will be talking specifically about this and thought it might be…

I rise today to continue my talks about Ludwig Koons, the 9-year-old little United States citizen who is being held in the country of Italy. Last week I met with Ambassador Salleo of Italy, and I want to thank the Ambassador from Italy…

I rise today in light of the reported abduction and murder of young Dannarriah Finley of southeast Texas, coming on the heels of the nationally publicized abductions of Danielle Van Damme and Elizabeth Smart. It is time for our communities…

the pictures of missing children like Elizabeth Smart and Michelle Van Dam have been all over the news lately, and that is a good thing; not that they are missing, but that people care enough to try to find them. As founder and chairman of…

my mother used to tell me where there is a will, there is a way. Last month, the Committee on Government Reform held a hearing on U.S. women and children who are being held in Saudi Arabia, and that continues to play out in the news. While…

again I rise to talk about international child abduction and the case of Ludwig Koons who is being kept illegally in Rome, Italy. The injustice that is being done to this family is outrageous and an example of what thousands of American…

I will digress again from my stories about Ludwig Koons, whom we desperately want returned from Italy to the United States where he is being held illegally, to talk about one of the scariest situations that a parent can experience when…

last week the Committee on Government Reform held a hearing on women and children who are being held in Saudi Arabia. It was an emotional hearing on a situation that unfortunately exists in countries all over the world, not just in the…

I want to raise my concerns about H.R. 1979, and signal my objections to the parts of it I believe should not be in the bill. H.R. 1979, without the aforementioned provision, is a good bill. And if the provision is removed, I will be happy…

I think it is obviously an extremely critical issue for citizens all over this country who are speaking out at every meeting that I go to as it being one of the most important things in their lives. We have been working on some mechanism…

I have taken to this floor every day now this year to come here to remind the American citizens of Ludwig Koons, who was abducted from the United States of America in 1994. He is now, I think, 9 years old, and he is still a citizen of the…

I would ask and send our prayers to Elizabeth and to her family, but I would also like to remind parents all across this country to talk to your kids about their personal safety, talk to them about the "Know the Rules" educational program…

I continue my story of Ludwig Koons, the young boy who is being held illegally by the Italian Government. Two weeks ago, the Minor's Tribunal in Rome denied the request of the prosecutor to remove Ludwig's mother, the kidnapper, parental…

I generally give my 1-minutes each day on the issue of missing children, whether it is to talk about Ludwig Koonz, who has been abducted by his noncustodial mother to Italy, or whether it is talk about the Missing Children's Day, which we…

National Missing Children's Day is coming up on May 25. I want to remind my colleagues about what we can do in our offices to help find missing children. According to the FBI's National Crime Information Center, nearly 2,000 children are…

Today's message is about human space flight. America's human space flight program is adrift with no clear vision or commitment to any goals after the completion of the International Space Station. Today I will be introducing the Space…

I rise to congratulate the Supreme Court on its decision to partially uphold the Child Online Protection Act. The 1998 law was designed to stop children from gaining access to sexual material on the Internet. As the founder and chair of…

I would like to think that I have talked so long that I have become hoarse in talking about Ludwig Koons and trying to return him from Italy to the United States where he so desperately belongs and needs to be. Ludwig Koons is a child…

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…

well, here we are at the beginning of May 2002. Ludwig Koonz was taken to Italy in 1994. Jeff Koonz, his father, won court cases prior to that giving him custody. Jeff continues to fight the fight to get his son returned, the U.S…

I feel like a broken record. I am here to talk about Ludwig Koons, who is being held in a pornographic compound in Italy. We need the help of our governments, the United States and Italy, to return this child, along with thousands of…