Manchin: It's the Child Protection Bill, As Far As I'm Concerned

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) spoke on the Senate Floor on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

Senator Manchin said in part, “Something has to be done. It's not open season on children…If you can't, as a parent, or grandparent send your child off to school, knowing full well they're going to return home safe. If you have that doubt in your mind, and that child has that doubt, and they're scared to go to school, then something is wrong with our system in America…But the bottom line is, we have got to take a position that we're going to protect our children, this is what it's about. It's the child protection bill, as far as I'm concerned. And if you can't protect the children in America, if you can't protect the children in your neighborhood, in your school system, that go to school, the same school as your children and grandchildren, then God help us all.”