Political Quotes

“These are dangerous times when it comes to child pornography. The Internet has allowed distribution in ways never imagined before, making it much more prevalent throughout our society, at the very time we have a Supreme Court ruling knocking out the prohibition on computer-generated child pornography. We need to respond, and we need to respond immediately. That is why I commend the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith), the chairman of the subcommittee, and others who have worked on this legislation, including the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Lampson). This has been a truly bipartisan effort to forge immediately a response that will withstand constitutional review and put back into the code strong protections for our children against child pornography. In the end, make no bones about it. This is about protecting our children. Meetings I have held with prosecutors, with child protection advocates, have made it very clear to me that the use of child pornography is damaging to children, sets them up as targets for ultimate exploitation, and whets the appetite of the exploiters, making them more likely to commit acts against our children.”