senate on today's agenda, the adam walsh reauthorization act. it would authorize $81 million for sex offender registration programs and it would establish new justice department programs to assist survivors of sexual assault. this is why the senate coverage on c-span2. -- this is live senate coverage on c-span c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. mighty god, you shine in glorious radiance. the world belongs to you and everything in it. teach us to trust you in turbulent times, striving always to live for your glory. bless our senators. may your completeness surround their incompleteness, your strength support their weakness and your wisdom guide their minds. give them the insight, guide them down paths they cannot see. give them the insight, the courage and the faith to escape the repetition of old errors as they strive to embrace your truth. lord, help us all to offer to you the sacrifice of repentant hearts. we pray in your mer

president, i come to the floor today to speak in favor of the adam walsh reauthorization act, which i am pleased to say passed the senate yesterday. i want to thank my colleague, senator grassley, and senator schumer, for their work on this issue. i was a cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation which reauthorizes key provisions of the adam walsh child protection and safety act. the bill, as you know, is named for adam walsh who was abducted and murdered from a sears department store when he was just 6 years old. we need to work harder to prevent horrific crimes like this from happening again. in this regard, federal support is vital to state and local law enforcement efforts to make sure sex offenders can be tracked and monitored. this legislation creates a safer environment for our children by providing needed resources for those on the front lines. in particular, the bill assists state and local law enforcement in improving sex offender registries and information sharing and aids them in locating and -- -- apprehending sex offenders. we know that sex offenders are not afraid to mov

adam walsh. bducted from florida in a shopping mall in '81 and later found brutally murdered. after adam's disappearance, his parents worked tirelessly to help establish a national resource for families of missing kids. adam's father and host of cnn "the hunt" john walsh and that is your brain child. the national center for missing and exploited children and it is so good to have you with us today to talk about the very newest messaging that the national center is bringing out and as you are walking up on the stage and bryan cranston was walking off the stage, all of a sudden, we realized you are also involved with the same campaign and your involved with john walsh. how is bryan involved and tell me about this rock one sock. >> we were friends a lot time ago, all the years on fox "malcolm in the middle" king of tidy whiteys and he said, where are you going? he said, would you ever come and see our building? our seven-story building in washington, dc, the national center for missing exploited chil

senate on today's agenda, the adam walsh reauthorization act.uld authorize $81 million for sex offender registration programs and it would establish new justice department programs to assist survivors of sexual assault. this is why the senate coverage on c-span2. -- this is live senate coverage on c-span c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. mighty god, you shine in glorious radiance. the world belongs to you