30
April
SMARTS WILL SEE ‘AMBER’ GO NATIONAL
The House approved a package of child protection legislation April 10 that would create a national Amber Alert child kidnapping notification network and strengthen the nation’s child pornography laws. The House voted 400-25 for a compromise crafted by a House-Senate negotiating committee that would institute the national child kidnapping network urged by the family of Elizabeth Smart.
The Smart family will be coming to the White House today to see President Bush sign the new national Amber Alert bill to help find abducted kids. Elizabeth’s dad, Ed, passionately pleaded for