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Patrick Leahy: “I like to think I am very knowledgeable on this. My 5-year-old grandson climbed in my lap and asked me to log on to a…”

On the recordOctober 22, 2003
I like to think I am very knowledgeable on this. My 5-year-old grandson climbed in my lap and asked me to log on to a particular interactive site for children. It is something he could do himself, but we don't let him log on himself because of the problems with some sites that appear to be for children, and are anything but. So I log on for him, and he climbs up on my lap, takes the mouse out of my hand and says: I better take over now because it gets very complicated. In some ways we are protecting those 5-year-olds because they are the next generation using this technology.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Discussing the importance of protecting children online during a Senate floor speech.

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