Thomas Foley: “last September the House overwhelmingly passed H.R. 3132, the Children's Safety Act. This bill will, among other things…”

“last September the House overwhelmingly passed H.R. 3132, the Children's Safety Act. This bill will, among other things, overhaul and strengthen our Nation's sex offender registration and notification laws. Over the past few years we have lost too many children to the hands of these pedophiles: Jessica Lunsford, Jetseta Gage, Sarah Lunde, Megan Kanka, Jacob Wetterling, just to name a few. While it may not be on the national news, there are still stories every day of children being hurt by these predators. We still have over 150,000 offenders missing, and those numbers are growing. Mr. Speaker, the House did its job last fall by passing that bill. Now it is time for the other Chamber. I applaud the Senate majority leader's recent decision to cosponsor the Senate version of the sex offender bill and his commitment that he made the other day to victims' parents to move the bill soon. We must pass this bill, and we must do it now before another victim is killed. ____________________”