House Proceeding on Sep 30th, 2009 :: 1:17:35 to 1:20:30
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Joe Sestak: on all campuses. i pray for that family and for that city with this terrible tragedy. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from california. ms. chu: mr. speaker, i'm the gentleman from pennsylvania, the sponsor of this resolution, mr. sestak, for four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes.

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Speech By: Joe Sestak

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Joe Sestak: mr. sestak: month students will return to their colleges and universities with the anticipation that surround a new academic year. and yet we are reminded that these young people will not be immuned from the unique challenges that face all of us in every community throughout this nation. the tragic shootings of two students last october at the

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Joe Sestak: university of central arkansas, the shootings at virginia tech which ended in the death of 32 people, and the shootings at northern illinois university where 24 people were shot and six died emphasize the importance of the issue of campus safety. the department of education has found between 2005 and 2007 there were not only 10,000

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Joe Sestak: forcible sex offenses, 16,000 aggravated assaults, and 3,000 cases ofarson, but also 117 homicides on the campuses of colleges and universities throughout this country. between 1/5 and 1/4 of female students will become the victim of aompleted or attempted rape. usually by someone they know. during their undergraduate

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Joe Sestak: careers. yet less than 5% of the cases are ever reported. additionally the national advisory council on alcohol abuse and alcoholism has found each year there are over 1,700 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 who will die from unintentional alcohol related injuries including motor

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Joe Sestak: vehicle accidents. as we significance of this data, we come to understand why is resolution is so important. originally introduced by a colleague on the other side of this aisle in 2005, this resolution builds on the work of a nonprofit organization, security on campus, which is located in king of prussia, pennsylvania, in my district. the organization was founded by

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Joe Sestak: the parents of a 19-year-old college freshman, jean cleary, who was raped and killed in her college dorm in 1986. in 2008 thanks to the work of this organization, 350 colleges came together with -- from 42 states and the city of washington, d.c., to participate in programs on campus safety. although this resolution is far

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Joe Sestak: from the final step to guarantee curity on the campuses of our nation's colleges and universities, it is an important step along with national center for campus public safety. towards addressing an issue we all care about, the our children. urge all my colleagues to show their concern for the safety of

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Joe Sestak: the more than 50 million students throughout the country who are the true motivation behind this great resolution. i appreciate all the support and