Sunday, October 01, 2006
House of Hastert
For emphasis sake, just click on the above link and get another snapshot of the same statement:“At home we put children first, and Republicans are doing just that in the House”
(Washington, D.C.) House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) today [July 25, 2006] issued the following statement regarding the passage of H.R. 4472, the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. The bill passed by voice vote.
“At home, we put the security of our children first and Republicans are doing just that in our nation’s House. We’ve all seen the disturbing headlines about sex offenders and crimes against children. These crimes cannot persist. Protecting our children from Internet predators and child exploitation enterprises are just as high a priority as securing our border from terrorists.
“House Republicans understand that a safer America involves providing safety measures on all fronts. That’s why today we passed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.”
“At home we put children first, and Republicans are doing just that in the House”Speaker Hastert Comments on the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006
July 25, 2006
(Washington, D.C.) House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) today issued the following statement regarding the passage of H.R. 4472, the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. The bill passed by voice vote.
“At home, we put the security of our children first and Republicans are doing just that in our nation’s House. We’ve all seen the disturbing headlines about sex offenders and crimes against children. These crimes cannot persist.
Protecting our children from Internet predators and child exploitation enterprises are just as high a priority as securing our border from terrorists.“House Republicans understand that a safer America involves providing safety measures on all fronts. That’s why today we passed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.”
The Adam Walsh Child Protection Act of 2006 protects our nation’s children by improving sex offender registration and notification programs, enhancing law enforcement resources, preventing child exploitation, stopping child pornography and creating new criminal offense penalties protecting children from the Internet. The Adam Walsh Child Protection Act also authorizes grants and other programs to protect and help our children.
Stew on those lines: "Protecting our children from Internet predators and child exploitation enterprises are just as high a priority as securing our border from terrorists. House Republicans understand that a safer America involves providing safety measures on all fronts." (emphasis added)
The Adam Walsh Protection Act was passed July 25th -- nine eleven months after Mark Foley's initial suggestive e-mails first became known to House Republicans -- and five months after Dennis Hastert learned about the series of e-mails coming from Foley.
Gee, wonder whether Republican members would sit on information about terrorist activity for nine eleven months!?!?
Safety begins at home?
UPDATE/CORRECTION: Piece edited to reflect the August 2005 date when initial Foley e-mail exchange came to light and Rep. John Shimkus, chairman of the House Committee on pages, was notified. Also, my apologies for the weird layout this morning. Some formatting error was introduced when I e-mailed this post to Blogger.
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