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Concerned about Allegations of Child Abuse, Rep. Miller Requests GAO Investigation into 'Boot Camps'
CONCERNED ABOUT ALLEGATIONS OF
CHILD ABUSE, REP. MILLER REQUESTS GAO
INVESTIGATION INTO ‘BOOT CAMPS’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. George Miller (D-CA) today asked the General Accountability Office to conduct a comprehensive investigation of residential treatment programs for children – commonly called “boot camps” – in light of repeated allegations of child abuse and fraud at these programs in the United States and abroad.
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Rep. Miller Votes No on Republicans' Gotcha' Politics
REP. MILLER VOTES NO ON
REPUBLICANS’ ‘GOTCHA’ POLITICS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Early this morning, the House of Representatives approved a final annual spending bill for the U.S. Department of Defense for the 2006 fiscal year. Rep. George Miller (D-Martinez), who voted in favor of the original defense bill earlier this year when it was first considered by the House, said today that he opposed the final version this morning because Republican leaders deliberately attached to it unrelated and highly controversial provisions that had nothing to do with defense but everything to do with politics.
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Miller opposes Reauthorization of USA Patriot ACT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House today approved a conference report on the reauthorization of the controversial and so-called Patriot Act. The vote was 251 to 174. The Senate is undergoing heated debate on the bill this week, with some opposition to it from both Republicans and Democrats. President Bush supports the bill. Rep. George Miller (D-Martinez) issued the following statement after the House passed the bill today.
“In the wake of the attacks of September 11th, Congress sought to pass a bill that would recognize the changing landscape of domestic security and the increasing need to combat the threat of terrorism. Instead, during a midnight revision of the legislation, Republicans in Congress omitted critical civil liberties protections and government oversight needed to counter broad new law enforcement powers when they passed the original Patriot Act.
“I was one of the few members of Congress to vote against the original Patriot Act. I did not believe the bill struck the proper balance between increasing our national security while preventing the harmful erosions of civil liberties, like secret searches and wiretaps without court approval and searching U.S. citizens’ library records. I have been working to correct its harmful effects ever since. One of the few bright spots in that bill was the inclusion of a ‘sunset’ provision, which required that the law be reauthorized by Congress, or else it would cease to be in effect.
“Despite years of debate and broad support – ranging from myself to the American Conservative Union – for improving many of the bill’s more troubling aspects, the leadership of the House of Representatives ignored the calls of members of Congress, concerned citizens and civil rights groups to significantly improve the bill. Instead, Republicans in Congress added more alarming provisions to the bill and removed the sunset provisions making the bill a permanent piece of law. And they did these things without consulting all members of Congress.
“I voted against the new Patriot Act because, once again, the Republican leadership in Washington overreached and failed to provide for the adequate protection of America’s freedoms and liberties, and because they removed the sunset provisions that provide us at least the opportunity to come to this matter at a later time. Today is another sad day in the history of this misguided Congress. I will continue working with my colleagues to address the bill’s harmful provisions.”
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