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Sheila Jackson Lee: I rise enthusiastically to support the opportunity for nonprofits and others to be able to access these criminal…

On the recordDecember 7, 2010
I rise enthusiastically to support the opportunity for nonprofits and others to be able to access these criminal background checks and applaud the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that I've worked with over the years. We are always saddened when we hear of a missing child, an abused child, or a child that has been murdered. Over the last couple of months and in the last year, we have seen children that have been dismembered, we have seen children that have been lost, we have seen children that have been brutally abused; certainly some at the hands of their relatives or parents.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas
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govinfo.gov
Dec 7, 2010

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The speaker is addressing the importance of criminal background checks for organizations working with children.

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