Nick Lampson

about 1,000 children a year are taken outside the borders of the United States. These are noncustodial parental abductions. We have thousands of them across our country, and I urge each of my colleagues to help join that fight to bring…

child pornography was a worldwide industry that was all but eradicated in the 1980s. Unfortunately, it has resurfaced with a vengeance, thanks to computer technology. The explosive growth of computer technology via e-mail, chat rooms and…

Ludwig Koons still has not been returned from Italy where he was abducted by his pornographer mother. What is in this morning's newspaper headlines? Supreme Court decides to strike down the Child Pornography Protection Act. This is a clear…

I wonder what Ludwig Koons is doing this morning. Perhaps he is watching his mother get ready for work by taking her clothes off for a pornographic photo shoot or get ready for an erotic sex show. A couple of weeks ago I called the State…

I am here again. That means that Ludwig Koons is still in captivity in Rome, Italy. A 9-year-old boy, abducted by his pornographer mother, lives in a compound where there is prostitution. We cannot get the United States Government to help…

I stand here today in utter shock and disbelief and absolute anger. For 2 years, I have been telling stories about missing children. For 2 years, I have been talking about internationally abducted children. For 2 years, I have been working…

Yesterday we left off with the abduction of Ludwig Koons. On June 9, 1994, against a New York court order, Ilona Staller abducted Ludwig to Italy. A bench warrant was issued in New York. Ms. Staller kept Ludwig in hiding for over a month…

I continue today with my story of Ludwig Koons. Last week, we left off with Jeff Koons finding his son abandoned by his mother and left in a dangerous and pornographic environment. Mr. Koons took Ludwig from this environment and returned…

I am delighted to hear the German government agrees that abducted children deserve swift and fair decisions and it is committed to ensure that this happens. For most parents who have been separated from their children for years, this will…

as of today, Jeff Koons, a custodial parent in New York, has not spoken with his son Ludwig for 2 months. Jeff and Ludwig were supposed to spend the holidays together in Rome. Jeff went to Rome, but was denied access to his son by the…

every day for a year I spoke out on international child abduction. Today I will focus on one case, that of Ludwig Koons, who is being illegally kept in Rome, Italy. Until Ludwig is returned to the United States, I will speak with outrage…

In my opinion, the ideology difference that we had in the House came down to politics. It is clear to me that 49 Senators and 50 Democrats and one independent coming together in the Senate on one bill was not a political statement. It was…

I am thrilled to be able to join the gentleman and so many other cosponsors as an original cosponsor on this bill, the Municipal Preparations Strategic Response Act of 2001. It is a critical piece of legislation, obviously; and the reason…

Primarily, this bill will establish $1 billion in grant programs for cities, counties, towns, boroughs, tribes, and other municipalities and regional authorities to develop local emergency response plans that would do a large number of…

That is the kind of cooperation that is critical if we are going to solve the problems that are facing our communities and truly have the kind of safety that we all need and want to have. This incident that occurred in my congressional…

What is unfortunate is that in some of those instances there are even people going out and raising money privately to accomplish some of these tasks. That is not appropriate. Many of these functions are of national scope and of national…

Let me just make one final point before we go to the gentleman from New Jersey. Just to commend the gentleman, I would tell him how proud I am to be able to join him as a cosponsor of the legislation. I would ask every one of our…

today I rise to let my colleagues know of my introduction of a concurrent resolution in support of the United States Government becoming actively involved in the recovery and return of Ludwig Koons, a boy who was abducted to Italy by his…

I support this assistance bill because I believe it is necessary to maintain our transportation and aviation infrastructure. Passing this legislation does not absolve Congress from moving forward with air travel safety and dislocated…

I am from Texas, and Texas is the land of oil and the land of energy. That energy does not just come from below the ground we walk on, it also comes from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The amendment that my fellow Texan and I have…

one of the people who I think about when I listen to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank) speak is Keely Woodruff, a 6-year-old girl who has a developmental age of only 22 because of epileptic seizures, who now is progressing…

I wanted to associate my words with those of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Pence) who made the comments about the NASA budget, and to urge our colleagues to continue to support the tremendous work that has been done by the Committee on…

I wanted to come here this evening and talk to my colleagues for a few minutes about the VA-HUD bill that is going to come up tomorrow and talk specifically about potential amendments that are going to be made. It is important for us to…

Mr. Chairman, this $60,000 is intended to cover the cost of expenses relating to the development of a Guide to Best Practice by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law to cover the application of the Hague…

Eleven days ago I had a shovel in my hands and I was in my backyard trying to clear drains to save my own house. My neighbors were not as lucky as me. Nine days ago I joined the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Bentsen) and some of my other…