Thank you. And thank you, Chairman, for holding this hearing.

It is a very difficult issue. If this was simple, we would not be gathered here this day.

If I simply hand somebody my phone and they open up a game on it, they wouldn't have the protections of Section 117.

I hope that investigators, prosecutors, and judges will better understand the unique nature of the crime and the way it harms these young victims especially.

my friend Chairman Leahy and I have introduced legislation, the ECPA Amendments Act, S. 607, that would get rid of this anachronism in the law

I am sure you are following the current debate about sentencing reform, especially the push to lower sentences for drug offenders.

You are a good man who has the ability and the capacity to be able to do what needs to be done in this area.

This is a law that, as you know, was enacted in 1986. There are some interesting ramifications that this law has.

Anytime something like this, something that is ordinarily not prosecuted as a primary offense, happens to be brought against a very vocal critic of the current administration, obviously that raises eyebrows.

What you do is very important and affects a lot of Americans, and I believe there is a lot that you do that protects a lot of Americans from harm.

Dear Chairman Bishop and Ranking Member Grijalva:

I want to thank two constituents of mine who never let me forget how important Clear Creek was to them.

So the press indications that claim that this announcement will increase that security, there is no way of actually implementing that?

Mr. Bishop. OK. Senator Allard, we have kept you here a while.

Well, not if we pass it first, you won't. But I appreciate that.

But your testimony clearly says that is your preferred option.

I applaud him on his efforts and look forward to hearing from Congressman Farr and the rest our witnesses on today's bills.

I am no stranger to controversy when it comes to building a broad coalition of stakeholders to accomplish something important for my district.