See which convicted child molesters are going to be recidivists. Most of them are. And im not willing to take the risk that our kids should be left alone with people like that. We have a National Sex Offender registry for a reason because these people recognize the danger that extends past their time of incarceration. Parents need to know about that and thats why we have this national registry, and schools need to avoid the danger. To be clear mr. President im not suggesting that a convicted child molester can never work again anywhere, but i am saying they shouldnt work in a school, and i think thats completely reasonable. Im shocked frankly that these organizations would come out against this, against this commonsense legislation. But the objection in fairness, some objection that comes from our side of the aisle as well. I have a colleague who i have all the respect in the world for, the senior senator from tennessee is a wonderful senator, and i agree with him on far more than i di
Well this teacher took that letter of recommendation and brought it to the school he applied to work at in West Virginia, got hired and over time became the principal. Well these kinds of pedophiles, they dont change their ways and he didnt change his ways in West Virginia. He continued to prey on kids. Eventually he raped and then murdered a 12yearold boy named jeremy bell. Well justice eventually caught up with the killer and hes now serving a life sentence for that murder. But for little jeremy bell, that justice came too late and sadly, jeremy bell is not alone. Last year, mr. President we had 459 School Employees across america arrested for Sexual Misconduct with the very children theyre supposed to be protecting and teaching and caring for. Thats more than one per day. And those are just the ones where there was enough evidence to actually prosecute to make an arrest and to pursue charges. How many others are getting away with this . And, frankly 2015 is not off to a much better
Giving to the country the crown jewel of american splendor, Rocky Mountain national park. For over a century visionaries helped to settle the high plains of colorado, described by ian frazier as a heroic place an expansive splendid isolation with unparalleled sense of space and generations of pioneers. This is colorado. From west to east and north to south, the beauty, heritage and vitality of colorado calls and beckons our nation and the world to those looking and longing for a place to call home, to live and work, to visit and vacation. Our love for colorado drives us to be better stewards of the land to reach for solutions to great challenges and to find optimism in every vale and valley. For generations, we have challenged our sons and daughters to always look up, look up to that great Rocky Mountain horizon as every young state and our ever hopeful attitude lives peak to peak. The honor of living in the west, a land of opportunity and new beginnings. It is this constant drive for
A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Coons mr. President , i have 11 unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have the approval of both the majority and minority leaders. I ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Coons thank you, mr. President. With that, i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call quorum call mr. Barrasso madam president . The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Barrasso i ask unanimous consent to be allowed to speak as if in morning busin
There are countless more like her, thousands of new mine victims each year show the other tragic side of the story. I mentioned on the floor here the other day about the bosnia conflict. Talking to a young teenager, young teenaged girl in the hospital. She had been sent away by her parents to a safe place during that war. The war ended, the army left the field. She could come home, she is running down the road, calling out to her parents and steps on a land mine and loses both her legs. She wasnt a combatant. The war wasnt even going on anymore. It was supposed to be safe. She became a victim. So many of these victims. Now, americans by and large also condemn the use of these land mines, but they expect more than they are getting from their government, and so do i. So should every member of congress. Its been 20 years since president bill clinton at the United Nations called for the elimination of antipersonal land mines. They cheered him when he did. Two years later in 1996, he said q