Congressman
Henry E. Brown, Jr.

“As a constant advocate against child abuse in all forms, I was proud to cosponsor legislation, which passed yesterday by voice vote, supporting the observance of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. With one in four girls and one in six boys being sexually abused before their 18th birthday, it is going to take all of us stepping up to protect them. In the words from a refrigerator magnet I have at home, ‘one hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the type of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.’”

Earlier this month, Darkness to Light, the leading organization working to reduce and identify child sexual abuse in the US, awarded Congressman Brown with the Inaugural Congressional Voice of Courage Award for his efforts in bringing the issue of child sexual abuse to the forefront.

Posted by Brown Staff (04-28-2009, 10:50 AM) filed under Values

 

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