Steve Largent: “I stand this morning appalled at a cancer that is eating away at the American family. That cancer is illegal…”

“I stand this morning appalled at a cancer that is eating away at the American family. That cancer is illegal pornography. Federal law prohibits interstate transportation and distribution of this material. Through the Internet, the family rooms and home offices of our Nation have turned into the worst porn shop you can imagine. The fact is that America's children and families have been assaulted by more obscene, lewd, and disgusting material than imaginable just 8 years ago. For instance, when a child doing research types in whitehouse.com, what do they see? Illegal pornography. The revenues that illegal pornography rakes in are more than all the money generated by rock and country music combined. And how has the Department of Justice responded? We have seen a drop in the rate of prosecutions of illegal pornography of nearly 75 percent since 1992. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to call on the Department of Justice to begin aggressively prosecuting illegal pornography for the long-term health of our children and the soul of our country.”