i rise today in support of my bill, h.r. 5075, the ashanti alert act, named if for ashanti billie, tragically taken from the world too soon last september at the hands of a violent criminal. so now we have undertaken this action with this bill, a bipartisan one, because this is not a partisan issue. united states does not currently have an alert system for missing adults. if a child or senior citizen goes missing, law enforcement is authorize t.d. brd cast alerts on major channels and participating citizens share alerts across social media platform, bringing much-needed attention and resources to bear. still no such alert exists for missing adults ages 18 to 65. history shows that programs like the amber alert are successful and help save lives. in 2016 alone, there were 179 amber alerts issued in the united states. over 85 of those cases resulted in recovery and 43 of them were the direct result of an amber alert. these programs are proven to work and with the ashanti alert we can close the gap, better protect our family, friends and neighbors, and save lives with a egacy given to us by asha

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i was saying that santiago was on my hip when ashanti went to fairmont in 2000. you know, at the time, when we went to fairmont, there were openings at the school. it was an unenrolled school, and by the time we left, there was a wait list. it was such a diverse and dynamic community, and we came in, and we became a family. it was just -- it was a really great way to cut your teeth as a parent who wanted to be a parent organizer. like, it was such a great place of support and love to do the kinds of things that we really wanted to do as parents for the kids and for the kids that were in the community. you know, i had the opportunity to serve on the p.t.a. board and as a chair of the school site council and was a parent that harassed carlene aguera. you know, when i think about delores huerta and this idea that that's going to be the name of our former school -- i was telling my kids about this last night. and they were, like, are you kidding me? like, they couldn't do that when they were there? like, we keep missing all the good stuff. like, the school's been com