Issue Position: Amber Alert

Issue Position

Issue Position: Amber Alert

Barney Frank voted against the Amber Alert Bill on April 10, 2003, and he was the only member of the Massachusetts Delegation to do so, and only one of 25 congressmen out of 435 to vote against it. The vote was 400-25 in the House, and 98-0 in the Senate. John Kerry missed the vote somehow. Frank apparantly felt that the penalties were too severe for child pornographers and pedophiles. People have told me that they should be more severe. Again, Mr. Frank, showed that he does not reflect the values or priorities of the People in his district. He is out of touch, and he is promoting a radical social agenda.

The Amber Alert Law is named after Amber Hagerman, a nine-year-old girl, who was kidnapped in Arlington, TX, and was later found murdered. It targets child kidnappers, molesters, and pornographers. It provides matching grants to states and communities for equipment and training for the network, which will distribute information quickly, through radio and television broadcasts and electronic highway signs, about kidnapped children and their abductors.

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