Another Dem Calls For Hearing Into Penn State Scandal

Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) on Thursday called on the head of Congress’ committee on education to investigate what went wrong at Penn State University, where a former football coach allegedly sexually abused a series of young boys from 1994 to 2009.

In a letter to House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.), Miller asked whether federal laws designed to prevent such abuse from taking place at public institutions need to be reformed.

“We have a responsibility to our children and our communities to maintain vigorous oversight of child safety issues,” Miller wrote. “Any specific remedies we identify through such collective oversight should be immediately taken up by this House.”

Earlier in the week, Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) called for congressional hearings into the matter, as well.

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