http://capwiz.com/congressorg/sbx/f/?aid=14665741&r=1

Follow this link to a soap box alert on congress.org about the Kelsey Smith Act. Contact your representative in the U.S. House of Representatives and ask them to co-sponsor the bill. Urge the committee & subcommittee chairs to schedule the bill for a hearing.

Judiciary Committee:

http://kansasliberty.com/liberty-update-archive/2010/resolution-aimed-at-keeping-schools-from-school-the-state-with-taxpayer-dollars-passes-committee

Using taxpayer money to initiate lawsuits hurts our children.  Money entrusted to the schools should be used for the students education.

HB 2226, the bill concerning grand juries in Kansas, passed out of committee today by a one vote margin.  I am pleased the bill is on the way to the House.

The current poll question will close on February 11. 2010.  Please participate and get your vote in.

I would like to thank the Young Republicans for inviting me to speak to their group on Wednesday evening, February 3, 2010.  I appreciated the chance to speak and enjoyed answering questions.

My wife, Missey, testified in front of the committee and I submitted written testimony in support of the bill.

The bill drew support from the Nebraska State Patrol and state firefighters association, as well as lobbyists with AT&T and Verizon during a public hearing before the Legislature’s Transportation and Telecommunications Committee on Monday.

“We’re very sorry this happened,” said the Verizon lobbyist, Curt Bromm. The company, he said, had a protocol that required assistance during emergencies, but it apparently wasn’t followed in the Kelsey Smith case.

Look for my Letter to the Editor in the February 1st Kansas City Star.

The Kelsey Smith Act, LB 735, introduced by Sen. Tim Gay of Papillion in the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature on January 6, 2010, was prompted by the 2007 abduction and murder of 18-year-old Kelsey Smith in Kansas.

Missey will travel to Lincoln to testify in support of the bill on February 1st. Information about the proceedings in Nebraska can be found on the Nebraska Legislature Website at http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/.

Representative Lance Kinzer has sponsored a bill that I believe takes a strong stand towards protecting crime victim's rights.  HB 2226 - AN ACT concerning criminal procedure; relating to grand juries; amending K.S.A.