House Proceeding 07-22-09 on Jul 22nd, 2009 :: 1:28:05 to 1:32:05
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Ron Klein: and former texas state judge. i should also thank the distinguished chairman and ranking member of the judiciary committee, mr. conyers of michigan and mr. smith of texas and mr. scott, the chairman of the crime subcommittee, for their leadership in moving h.r. 1933 out of committee and to the floor. mr. speaker, h.r. 1933 will expand the widely praysed a

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Speech By: Ron Klein

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Ron Klein: child is missing, nonprofit organization into a national program with regional septemberers under the department of justice. it would accomplish the expansion through annual grants in themount of $5 million from 2010 through 2015. the funds would allow the purchase of future technologies and techniques, centralized and

1:28:36 to 1:28:56( Edit History Discussion )

Ron Klein: onsite training and for the distribution of information to deral, state and local law enforcement agencies on the best ways to utilize the around-the-clock services provided by a child is missing, alert and recovery center. currently a child is missing is the only program of its kind that assists in all missing

1:28:57 to 1:29:18( Edit History Discussion )

Ron Klein: cases involving abduction, children who are lost, wanderor run away or adults who suffer from alzheimer's or dim when a person is reported missing, a hiled is missing utilizes the latest technology

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Ron Klein: to place 1,000 emergency telephone calls every 60 seconds to residents and businesses in the area. it works in concert wi the amber alert system which you see on the highways on the billboards or radio announcements also known as the silver alert and has the support of law enforcement agencies all over the country.

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Ron Klein: a child is missing also fills the critical gap in time in the mo although the amber alert has been an extremely successful program, there is still a crucial void in time when a child is first reported missing and when an amber alert is activated. in cases of criminal abduction, which can be issued three to

1:30:02 to 1:30:22( Edit History Discussion )

Ron Klein: five hours later. this critical period of time can be the difference between whether a ch recently, a washington state attorney general's office study showed that among cases involving children abducted and murdered, 74% were slain in the first three hours. so the first hours, the first minutes are critical.

1:30:23 to 1:30:45( Edit History Discussion )

Ron Klein: and to the extent we can alert people in the local area by this telephone system to businesses and residences, we can get information and the information about the potential child or abductor to the law enforcement as quick as possible. adding to the problem is the resource and manpower limitations facing many local law enforcement agencies.

1:30:46 to 1:31:06( Edit History Discussion )

Ron Klein: more than half of these offices have 25 fewer officers and average cost can cost up to $400,000. it is a great fiscal burden during these difficult times. a child is missing helps to fill the critical gap as well to complement the amber alert. we have heard this over and over

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Ron Klein: again from law enforcement agencies that have received this. the real issue is not enough communities have access to the program. the founder of a child is missing, in florida, has done a remarkable job spreading the program to all 50 states, says we will bring this program to every community but there needs

1:31:28 to 1:31:50( Edit History Discussion )

Ron Klein: to be the leverage andinor amount of resources that can help make it do so and that's what h.r. 1933 does. it has broad bipartisan support in congress. i counted on sponsors from all over the unid states. on the senate side, companion legislation was introduced by two senators. because we are so proud of this

1:31:51 to 1:32:06( Edit History Discussion )

Ron Klein: great effort, we understand that children are not democrats or republicans. they are americans and they are our children and our responsibility. and their protection requires all of us to work together to do what's best for their continued safety. as a result of all this, i