From House debate June 25 on a bill to expand the federal role in preventing and dealing with the impact of child abuse (Issue 6, at left):

The bill "is a necessary recognition that we are dealing with an emergency and we cannot wait for the states to act. These abuses have been going on for years. States have had time to act and in many instances they have failed to do so." -- Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.

The bill is “simply unconscionable for those who respect the system of federalism long established in our nation….Most states already have systems in place to check the abuse that this legislation would supposedly address. Yet this legislation would trump those systems.” – Rep. Bill Sali, R-Idaho




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