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National Urban Crimes Awareness Week

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 23, 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Criminal Justice

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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, this resolution recognizes the important efforts to reduce crime in our Nation's urban areas and to support crime victims. We observed National Urban Crimes Awareness week during the second week of this month.

This resolution particularly recognizes the critical role of education and prevention programs in decreasing crime. It also highlights the need for redoubling our commitment to finding alternatives for incarceration, to engaging in reentry programs for those completing their programs, and for rehabilitation programs that will help prevent crime from happening in the first place. It is important that we in Congress emphasize our commitment

to reducing crime all across this country and to supporting the victims of crimes.

I want to thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Towns) for introducing this resolution, I urge my colleague to support it, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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