House Proceeding on Oct 28th, 2009 :: 2:39:40 to 2:41:45
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Stephen Cohen: on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? > mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass house resolution 177. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 177, concurrent resolution raising the awareness of the need for crime prevention in communities across the country and expressing support

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Speech By: Stephen Cohen

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Stephen Cohen: for designation of october 1, 2009, through 3, 2009, through october 3, 2009, as celebrate safe communities week and october as crime prevention month. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from tenne cohen, and the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee.

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Stephen Cohen: mr. cohen: thank you. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the resolution under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cohen: and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: mr. speaker, this resolution, 177, recognizes the importance of citizen and

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Stephen Cohen: community involvement in an effort to prevent crime and expresses support for designation of october 1 through october 3 as crime prevention week and october as national crime prevention month. celebrate safe communities is a recent crime prevention initiative of the justice department in partnership with the national sheriff's association and the national prevention council. the goal of this initiative is to strengthen partnership

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Stephen Cohen: between citizens and law enforcement. in memphis, my hometown, stevie moore's formed a group called fund and that group works with young people to prevent crime and neighborhood association, neighbhood watches and effective groups that work within the community and so is crime stoppers programs. during the first week in october, communities throughout

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Stephen Cohen: the country held events educating the public about crime prevention and public safety programs. not only do these events highlight crime prevention but they encourage citizens to become personally involved in these programs. that's what stevie moore did. similarly during the month of october, communities and law enforcement organizations commemorate crime prevention month, promoting awareness to

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Stephen Cohen: important issues such as victimization, volunteerism and creating safer and more caring communities. the month-long celebration highlights successful crime prevention efforts in the local, state and national levels, all of which are important in our communities. i thank the gentleman from