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American media personality and businesswoman Paris Hilton is headed to Capitol Hill Monday to urge the GOP-led House to pass the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act – a bill for which she has lobbied the last three years.
The bill cleared the Senate unanimously last week.
Hilton told Fox News Digital in an interview she was “in tears” when the bill passed the upper chamber on Wednesday, calling it “such a monumental moment” for herself and her allies.
“It just makes me proud to know that every single senator recognized the urgency of this issue and supported something that I’ve worked so hard for,” Hilton said.
PARIS HILTON PRAISES GOP LAWMAKERS FOR SPONSORING BIPARTISAN STOP INSTITUTIONAL CHILD ABUSE ACT
Paris Hilton speaks as she joins congressional lawmakers during a press conference on upcoming legislation to establish a bill of rights to protect children placed in congregate care facilities, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 20, 2021. (Mandel Ngan via Getty Images)
The bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by 23 lawmakers including Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Ct., Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., aims to reform residential youth facilities for troubled kids.
Hilton is now urging the House to take up the bill before the session ends this week. If the legislation fails to pass both houses before the new Congress sits in early January, the bill would have to be considered again by both legislative chambers.
“I just feel like it’s so important to do this, because right now, there’s just no regulation, and people are getting away with so much because they’re not being watched,” Hilton said. “So this bill is really just about transparency and just collecting that data so we can know where are the bad ones and where are the good ones, and just collect that data, because right now they’re not able to do that.”
PARIS HILTON SPOTTED AT WHITE HOUSE FOR MEETING ON CHILD ABUSE LAW
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