House Proceeding on Jun 20th, 2008 :: 0:29:59 to 0:35:00
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Speech By: Dennis A. Cardoza

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Dennis A. Cardoza: and communities subcommittee, a champion for children, mrs. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized for five minuiztes. mrs. mccarthy: thank you, madam

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Carolyn McCarthy: chairman, and i thank the rules commit tee. i stand in support of the rule. i want to say thank you to chairman miller and the committee staff for working with me on this important legislation

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Speech By: Carolyn McCarthy

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Carolyn McCarthy: and for mr. miller's personal leadership on this for years. when we started working on this in committee i became outraged over the testimony i was hearing. you see, children in this country

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Carolyn McCarthy: are dying. in fact, the government accountable office report found thousands of cases of abuse and neglect at residential programs for teens. the abuses include staff members forcing children to

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Carolyn McCarthy: rc remain in so-called stress positions for hours at a time and to undergo extreme physical exertion without food, water or rest. sadly, in a number of cases, this abuse has led to the deaths

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Carolyn McCarthy: of children at the hands of the very people entrusted with their care. these are basic human rights being denied to our children. children who are already struggling to find their way in this

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Carolyn McCarthy: world, children who might suffer from mental disorders or other conditions that make daily living in society much more challenging than for other kids their own age, children whose parents love

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Carolyn McCarthy: them and need help in addressing the problems. parents are often desperate for help, feeling vulnerable as well, are sending children to facilities that are so-called safe and responsible facilities.

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Carolyn McCarthy: the g.a.o. work is showing that a number of programs use deceptive marketing practices to appeal to parents. in fact, it uncovered deception, fraud and conflicts of interest. in one scheme, a husband

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Carolyn McCarthy: owns a referral service and a wife owned a residential treatment facility. it was revealed that her location received more referrals from her husband's service than any other provider's. parents

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Carolyn McCarthy: are sold by 'tising schemes, portraying these -- advertising schemes, portraying these programs as safe, professional safe and high-quality environment for their children. yet, it's too

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Carolyn McCarthy: often not true. and tragically at times the end result is the death of a child. that's why it's absolutely crucial that we make sure that children are kept safe when they are in these

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Carolyn McCarthy: facilities by setting minimum safety standards. minimum. why are we even setting it at minimum? you know, it seems every week that i'm up here on the floor talking about how we need to protect

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Carolyn McCarthy: our children. that's why it's absolutely crucial that standards in stopping boot camps from using this kind of deception marketing has drawn in so many of our parents. i am pleased that the bill

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Carolyn McCarthy: contains some aspects to address all deceptive marketing tactics employed by some own other or operators of residential treatment facilities. one section requires that all printed material from

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Carolyn McCarthy: the facility include a link to the website that has a database about past incidents and violations. we do that with our -- for our college students so parents can actually see how safe that

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Carolyn McCarthy: particular college is, and yet we're having a hard time even trying to do this for children that need our help immensely. and the parents. the parents are facing difficult choices to do

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Carolyn McCarthy: whatever they can to help their child. and yet they're giving false information. another section specifies that a new website include not just the name and location of each facility but also the

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Carolyn McCarthy: owner and operator of the facility so the parents can watch out for the bad operators. furthermore, even though we did not include language requiring all promotional and informational materials

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Carolyn McCarthy: distributed by the facilities by subject to appropriate guidelines, such as those specified by the federal trade commission act, due to justify issues, we will continue to monitor the deception

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Carolyn McCarthy: marketing practices on these programs. madam chairman, we need minimum safety standards for these public and private residential treatment facilities. it is past time to bring these programs

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Carolyn McCarthy: to a level of basic safety, which protects children and prevents further abuse from happening. i promise -- i'm positive that certainly chairman miller, we will continue to work on this. but

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Carolyn McCarthy: as with a lot of things that comes through our committees, we have to work with both sides so that we can get a bill through and passed and on its way to the president. but i have to say,

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Carolyn McCarthy: in cases like this, i wish we could have gone further to protect the children, to protect the parents. i urge passage of this rule and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro

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Carolyn McCarthy: tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i would ask my friend if he has any other additional speakers on the rule? mr. cardoza: madam speaker, i have one

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George Miller: additional speaker at this time. mr. diaz-balart: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. cardoza: thank you, madam speaker. at this

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Speech By: George Miller