Been victimized, this committee has a clear bipartisan history. Were here today to build upon that bipartisan tradition and learn what more can be done to keep our children and Young Athletes safe from sexual predators. Protecting children from abusers has been a top priority for me and a lot of members of this committee over the years. Over 30 years ago, i respospons the child Abuse Victims rights act, a bill to enhance civil and criminal penalties against those who sexually exploit children. A version of this was enacted and continues to this day to provide a mechanism by which victims can seek justice. And just last year, i worked with my colleagues to pass another important major known as the survivors bill of rights. It empowers survivors of sexual account assault in the criminal justice system. Sadly, we know the sexual abuse of children can occur in almost any setting, but whats especially disturbing is when that abuse occurs by someone in a position of trust, in what should be
Thanks to our witnesses and also everybody who is attending today. Youre very welcome and thank you very much for your interest in this issue. As you probably know, our committee, the Judiciary Committee, is no stranger to contentious debate, but when it comes to championing the rights of those who have been victimized, this committee has a clear bipartisan history. Were here today to build upon that bipartisan tradition and learn what more can be done to keep our children and Young Athletes safe from sexual predators. Protecting children from abusers has been a top priority for me and a lot of other members of this committee over the years. Over 30 years ago i sponsored the child Abuse Victims rights act bill to enhance civil and criminal penalties against those who sexually exploit children, a version of this measure was enacted and continues to this day to provide a mechanism by which victims can seek justice. Just last year i worked with my colleagues to pass another important meas
Arrested 32yearold jaylon brown, 23yearold larry young and 27yearold lovie rosul, all from the stockton and sacramento area. They were arrested for kidnapping for ransom and police tell us its possible the victim may have known at least one of these suspects, but they wont tell us the connection. Again, both the u. S. Marshals office and the fbi are now involved in this case. Reporting live in vallejo, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Thanks for the details. Now to a developing story in San Francisco where protesters upset over recent Police Shootings are once again disrupting traffic. Take a look at this. This is the fremont street offramp from the bay bridge. They also tried to get on the bridge but now Police Officers are blocking them. We have to do something for them to turn their heads and see were serious about whats going on and wanting it to stop. Reporter todays protests follow another that was held last night in which hundreds of people marched to San Francisco city hall.
Leaving the broken system the way it is, thats not a solution. In fact, thats the real amnesty. Pretending we can deport 11 Million People or build a wall without spending tens of billions of dollars of taxpayers money is a abetting what is really just factually incorrect. Its not gonna work. Its not good for this country. Its a fantasy that offers nothing to help the middle class and demeans our tradition of being both a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. In the end, it is my firm belief that immigration is not something to fear. We dont have to wall ourselves off from those who may not look like us right now or pray like we do or have a different last name because being an american is about something more than that. What makes us americans is our shared commit tonight an ideal, that all of us are created equal. All of us have a chance to make of our lives what we will. And every study shows that whether it was the irish or the poles or the germans or the italians or the chine
Residual traffic on northbound 101. All lanes reopened 15 minutes ago. What happened earlier this morning and backed up traffic for hours, there was a tragic fatal motorcycle accident, killed a motorcycle rider and shook up drivers on the freeway as well. When we arrived on scene the motorcycle was still here. So was the deceased rider. We dont know his name. The chp says its a man in his early 20s. The motorcycle was a blue yamaha. This happened before 9 15. Officers say the motorcycle rider was splitting lanes on northbound 101 and sideswiped a black chevy suv. The motorcycle rider lost control and ended up tumbling down in the number three lane where he was run over by a flatbed pickup truck. Emergency crews responded quickly but could not save the riders lives. It is legal to split lanes. However, we want them to do it safely. We dont know what was the cause of the crash yet. We do put a lot of responsibility on the motorist. We have seen a lot of motorcycles split lanes. We want t