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Combating Cargo Theft

Date: May 5, 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Criminal Justice


COMBATING CARGO THEFT -- (House of Representatives - May 05, 2004)

(Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk today about a little known crime that has an enormous impact on all of our congressional districts.

Every day our country loses millions of dollars to interstate cargo theft, a crime that is occurring on highways across our country. Any crime that threatens this flow of goods should be dealt with quickly.

The fact that cargo theft is now being tied to the funding of terror makes it critical that we address this crime on the Federal level. I have introduced a bill, the Cargo Theft Prevention Act, which seeks to bring this crime out of the shadows and to finally hold criminals accountable.

With stricter criminal penalties and better information sharing, this bill will finally give both lawmakers and law enforcement officials the tools they need to combat this growing crime. With support from the American Trucking Association and multiple law enforcement groups, I hope all of you will join me in cosponsoring H.R. 3563, The Cargo Theft Prevention Act.

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