On the recordMay 25, 2017
Madam Speaker, the concerns stated today are misplaced. The child pornography statutes have never been the subject of abuse by Federal prosecutors, and there is no evidence that that would happen in the future. However, the abuse that is being allowed and that we must address today is that of our children, and that abuse is being allowed because of a loophole that was, sadly, created by a Federal court. Today we have an opportunity to correct that wrong. We have an opportunity to do what we all acknowledge to be the right thing: to defend the most defenseless among us. It is, indeed, an honor for us to take this action on the week that commemorates National Missing Children's Week and here, even, on this day, National Missing Children's Day. I urge all my colleagues to join me in supporting the Protecting Against Child Exploitation Act. We hope that everyone will do the right thing here today. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Foxx). All time for debate on the bill has expired. Amendment No. 1 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 1 printed in part B of House Report 115-152.
