We are backing the Senate version of the highway bill because it
contains maximum strength safety.
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Today's announcement is timely, as MADD took the opportunity to urge
Congress to reject an Administration proposal that would divert $1.
Birch added, "As we look back over MADD's 25-year history, we are
heartened by the 300,000 lives that have been saved.madd.org/president .

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newscom."
According to Birch, "I can tell you from personal experience that MADD's
victim advocates are crucial to those impacted by violent crimes like drunk
driving. To ensure lives continue
to be saved and injuries prevented , we need to fund solutions to turn the tide
on drunk driving, including services for victims and survivors of this most
frequently committed violent crime. "It is estimated that three out of every 10 Americans will be impacted
by drunk driving in their lifetimes. "People will say, 'The reason you can't get a job is because
you can't talk right'. Many cops are struck by the
brazenness of the evacuees.

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The Senate language also
contains funding for states to conduct sobriety checkpoints and for those that
enact primary enforcement seat belt laws. Initially, the killings resulted from
clashes among rival New Orleans gangs, says Hurtt. 31, more-generous Medicaid rules for Katrina victims expired. "Our hospitals are
struggling financially to get by, and this doesn't help," says David Persse,
Houston's EMS medical director.

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" Among the nasty examples, Dorothy Stukes, an evacuee,
cites: graffiti blaring F--- NEW ORLEANS in her apartment complex, schoolkids
taunting her grandchildren to "swim in that Katrina water and die," and
shopkeepers muttering about survivors' sucking the public coffers dry .com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060305/NYSU008 )
In cities stretching from Atlanta to San Antonio that received Katrina
evacuees, good will has often given way to the crude reality of absorbing a
traumatized and sometimes destitute population, reports Miami Bureau Chief
Arian Campo-Flores. Of 189 murders in the six months after the
hurricane, 33 involved Katrina evacuees as either suspects or victims ,
according to Police Chief Harold Hurtt.

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"This
offender who took my son's life was the epitome of a higher risk driver,"
Birch said.

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"If
the VOCA funds are rescinded by Congress and the Administration , victim
advocates may no longer be there for those in need. More recently, they've
stemmed from robberies or narcotics, he says.

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" Six months after the arrival of more than 150,000
Katrina survivors , signs of a backlash are becoming apparent.

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Current MADD National President Wendy Hamilton said the
Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 budget proposal would be "a catastrophic blow to
programs run by nearly 4,400 community service groups like MADD to assist four
million crime victims most in need each year . A car traveling 70 miles an hour struck and
killed Courtney, and dragged his body 150 feet before finally stopping. The
driver had a .newscom. Take Baton Rouge, which added 100,000 people to a pre -
Katrina population of 225,000. There, residents bemoan the loss of the city's
small-town feel . "Now you've got two sticks of dynamite rubbing against each other," he
says.

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A trained MADD victim advocate, who was partially funded by
a VOCA grant, guided him in writing a victim impact statement that helped send
the convicted drunk driver to jail for the maximum fifteen years.

House and Senate conferees are currently meeting to work out the
differences between the House and Senate -passed highway bills.

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26 blood-alcohol concentration, three prior DUI convictions and
was driving on a suspended license as a result of previous DUIs."
The Senate-passed highway bill takes aim at the "higher risk driver" by
pressing states to crack down on repeat offender drunk drivers, drivers with
blood-alcohol concentrations at or above .15 percent, and those caught driving
on suspended licenses for prior DUI convictions.
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The newcomers are also taxing the area's health-care system.

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Backlash Growing: 'Swim in That Katrina Water and Die' Kids Taunt
Grandchildren of One Evacuee

NEW YORK, As some see it, Houston is suffering
from "compassion fatigue. The problem will likely only get worse: on
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In 2004 alone , MADD served more than
31,000 victims and survivors. "Hospital CEOs are about to have coronaries .

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27 billion
in restitution funds from the Crime Victim's Fund of the federal Victims of
Crime Act (VOCA). Public services are overwhelmed,
city finances are strained and violent crime is on the rise . "It's more tense, more violent." Soon
after saying that, he was called to respond to an alleged assault.

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But perhaps no city has been as convulsed as Houston , which
took in the greatest number of survivors.

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Birch, who joined MADD after his 21-month-old
son, Courtney, was killed by a repeat offender drunk driver in 1988, will be
the first father to serve as national president.madd.

NEWSWEEK: Houston Suffering From 'Compassion Fatigue': City With Largest Influx of Katrina Victims Facing Strained Public Services Rising Crime Rates

Part of the problem, according to Edwards: a hip-
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After his son's death, Glynn contacted MADD to help him deal with his
shock and grief. The mission of MADD
is to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime, and
prevent underage drinking.
Though Houston's murder rate was already climbing before Katrina, the
newcomers have added to it.

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Birch served as president of the MADD Central Florida chapter before
he was appointed to MADD's national board in 2000.
"When I and thousands of others needed help, MADD was there," Birch said.

MADD's online press center is http://www. Already
burdened by a high proportion of uninsured people before Katrina, Houston has
had to contend with thousands more.

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This is
just one example of the impact MADD's victims services has on those who suffer
at the hands of drunk drivers. The assessed fees are
put into a federal crime victims' fund for victim services and restitution."

Birch's story: On May 3, 1988, Birch's son Courtney was playing with his
two cousins at his grandmother's house when they ran outside to the sounds of
an arriving ice cream truck. "You'll hear
little snide remarks," Angelo Edwards, vice-chair of the ACORN Katrina
Survivors Association tells Newsweek in the March 13 issue (on newsstands
Monday, March 6).com .

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A compassionate nation does not leave behind those in greatest need
of support."
Alcohol -related traffic crashes cost the American public an estimated
$114 billion each year, which is the equivalent to a "drunk driving crash tax
of $400 on every man, woman and child in our country each year," Birch pointed
out.
There are other signs of strain. The Houston Independent School District
has been flooded with 5,800 additional kids, out of 20,000 overall in area
schools. With their arrival have come new social tensions: one near-riot
between Houston and New Orleans kids at a high school in December resulted in
the arrests of 27 students. As a
result, countless patients who had been receiving treatment in doctors'
offices may now turn to overwhelmed emergency rooms .Newsweek.msn.

Anyone who suffers emotional or physical injuries or who dies as a result of a crime.

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MADD Urges Congress to Save Victims of Crime Act Funding, Pass Senate Version
of the Highway Bill

WASHINGTON, As part of its 25-year anniversary,
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) today named Glynn Birch of Orlando, Fla.

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VOCA is funded by offenders of all federal crimes.

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His three year term begins
July 1. That is not acceptable.
Hamilton said, "This multi-year, multi-billion dollar highway bill sets
the course for the fight against drunk driving for the remainder of the
decade.
While alcohol-related traffic deaths have dropped by approximately
44 percent since 1980, MADD warns that DUI deaths have remained at a plateau
of nearly 17,000 deaths annually over the past decade. "It seems like the face of crime has changed in
Houston," said Officer Brandon Brown. A New
Orleans woman was accused of attacking her boyfriend , whose head she had
previously slashed with a shard of glass.msnbc.

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Hamilton and
Birch also called on Congress and the President to support the Senate-approved
version of the federal transportation reauthorization bill that the Senate
calls SAFETEA. The Senate version of the transportation bill contains key
provisions, including language to encourage and assist states to get tough on
drunk driving."
"If anyone thinks our job is done, they better think twice," Hamilton
said.org ) recently established a dedicated 24-hour
support line for drunk driving victims: 1-877-MADD-HELP .