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Orange County, CA | November 2, 2004 Election |
Victim's RightsBy Edward R. RoyceCandidate for United States Representative; District 40 | |
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I am the author of the first anti-stalking law in the country.As a longtime advocate of victim's rights, this issue continues to be my top priority in Congress, I am the author of the first anti-stalking law in the country. At the federal level, I introduced the Interstate Stalking Punishment and Prevention Act, which was signed into law, making it a felony to cross state lines to stalk someone. As a state senator, I worked to estabish rights for crime victims in California's state constitution as author and campaign co-chair of Proposition 115, the Crime Victims/Speedy Trial Initiative. I am currently working to press for the passage of a Victims' Right Amendment at the federal level. I have introduced a Victim's Rights bill in the House and Senator Diane Feinstein has introduced the same bill in the Senate. I also co-sponsored and voted for the nation-wide Amber alert system bill, which was signed into law. The bill also allocated $10 million for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to operate the nation's resource center and clearinghouse for missing children. I am also concerned about protecting our privacy. I am a strong supporter of the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act and the Controlling the Assault on Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) act to protect consumers from unscrupulous telemarketers, fradulent spam, and adult-oriented material that offends recipients or that parents want to protect their children from seeing. Both of these bills have been signed into law. |
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