Nick Lampson: “I would like to think that I have talked so long that I have become hoarse in talking about Ludwig Koons and trying to…”

“I would like to think that I have talked so long that I have become hoarse in talking about Ludwig Koons and trying to return him from Italy to the United States where he so desperately belongs and needs to be. Ludwig Koons is a child being held in a pornographic compound in Italy by his mother, who is teaching him that. Yesterday, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley) and I had a press conference where we announced a bill that we are going to introduce very shortly that is called the Child Modeling Exploitation Prevention Act of 2002. We intend to ban exploitive child modeling from all websites that charge fees to view models who are 16 years of age and under. They are nothing more than sites that cause titillation for pedophiles. I will make the transition from that with my continued story about Ludwig Koons, because he is learning that that apparently is an okay life. I do not believe any of us believe that. I am asking Members to join us on this bill, but I am also continuing my plea that we stand up as a nation and that we demand that our State Department or any other department of this government, or any Member of the House of Representatives who is willing to write a letter to make a phone call, demand that Ludwig Koons be returned to the United States. Bring all of our children home.”