Thought this tidbit from Hastert was worth its own short diary.
"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.
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You could not write better satire if you tried. The Republicans prove yet again that they will put politics and the pursuit of power above the safety of the American people. They have for years been playing politics with the lives of our service men and women, with the health of our citizens, with the education of our children. They cannot be trusted. And now they have proven we cannot trust them with our children's safety either.