House Proceeding on Dec 19th, 2007 :: 4:05:06 to 4:07:23
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Speech By: Ed Whitfield

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Ed Whitfield: is recognized for five minutes.ve ms. schakowsky: thank you, chairman rush, for yielding to me and for your support. i also want to exfend my appreciation to chairman dingell, whose assistance

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Ed Whitfield: and guidance were critical in bringing this important bill, h.r. 1216, the cameron branson transportation safety act today. one of the most painful things i have been a part of as a member

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Ed Whitfield: of congress are the press conferences which come about every six months or so in which parents and grandparents come to share pictures of their children and loved ones, some of whom they have

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Ed Whitfield: accideneytally killed by rolling over them with their vehicles. imagine this time of the year as we wish to be with those we love the most. i am here today because of these courageous people,

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Ed Whitfield: driven by such horrifying accidents. today we can pass this bill and reduce these unimagineably tragic and unnecessary deaths and make them a thing of the past. at just two years of age,

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Bart Stupak: cameron branson was tragically killed when his father, a pediatrician from long island, accidentally backed over him. this bill is a tribute ilto him and the hundreds of other young children who

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Speech By: Bart Stupak

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Bart Stupak: have died. this legislation was first introduced back in 2003 with my colleague from new york, congressman peter king, whose constituent is dr. bransob. but today here i stand here with the

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Bart Stupak: strength and resolve just two days ago as her mother picked up snow shovels picked up in the driveway, ashland, an 8-year-old just outside my state was killed when the family car rolled over

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Bart Stupak: her. unfortunately, since we first introduced h.r. 1216, well over 1,000 children have needlessly died in preventable accidents. and this year alone, 200 children have died over backover accidents.

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Bart Stupak: many children are killed in these accidents each year without ever leaving their driveways, suffocated by unsafe power windows, backed over with cars with major blind spots, or hit because a

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Bart Stupak: car was accidentally put in motion by a child who could not control it. h.r. 1216 is common sens consensus legislation that reflects input from the auto industry as well as child safety advocates.

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Bart Stupak: the legislation requires the secretary of transportation to set minimum safety standards for cars, s.u.v.'s and trucks, and to begin expanding rear visibility, enabling power windows