Political Quotes

“I speak in support of the conference report to S. 151, the PROTECT Act, which creates new and increases already existing penalties for crimes against children, as well as provides for the national coordination of the AMBER Alert communications network. An important provision in S. 151 doubles the authorization level for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which serves as the national resource center and clearinghouse to aid missing and exploited children and their families. The conference report also makes other changes to require Regional Children's Advocacy Centers grantees to provide information to the Attorney General on the use of funds for evaluation of community response to child abuse, and coordinates the operation of a Cyber- Tipline to provide online users an effective means of reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the areas of distribution of child pornography, online enticement of children for sexual acts, and child prostitution. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is a private non-profit organization, mandated by Congress, working in cooperation with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the U.S. Department of Justice. It is a critical resource for aiding over 18,000 law enforcement agencies throughout the nation in their search for missing children.”