Congress should stand up for our children

Editor:

When a natural disaster hits, when our safety is threatened or when an epidemic strikes, we turn to the body that exists to protect us. "Government's first duty," as the late President Ronald Reagan said, "is to protect the people."

Throughout our country's history, there have been public safety issues that have grown so grave that the American people demanded action from their government to protect themselves and their children — laws against drinking and driving, restrictions on selling cigarettes to minors, a federal drinking age, and food and product safety requirements, to na...