Nick Lampson: “I rise to congratulate the Supreme Court on its decision to partially uphold the Child Online Protection Act. The 1998…”

“I rise to congratulate the Supreme Court on its decision to partially uphold the Child Online Protection Act. The 1998 law was designed to stop children from gaining access to sexual material on the Internet. As the founder and chair of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, I am glad to see that the Supreme Court agreed with Congress that community standards protecting children should be applied to the World Wide Web. We have seen an attack lately on the laws designed to protect children from pornography and exploitation, and we all must work together to make sure that children remain protected. I urge Members to join the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley) and me in our work to protect innocent children from the business of sex and pornography. Please support the Child Modeling Exploitation Act of 2002, which would ban exploitative child modeling, banning all Web sites that charge fees to view models 16 years of age and under that do not promote products or services beyond the child. The children in these sites are in contact with the customers through e-mail and in some more extreme cases through actual meetings. They put children in great danger both psychological and physical. I urge Members to join the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley) and me and work to end this horrendous practice.”