[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 94 (Friday, June 9, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S8084]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM COMPUTER PORNOGRAPHY ACT

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, at Senator Grassley's request, I have 
cosponsored the Protection of Children from Computer Pornography Act, 
which he introduced earlier this week.
  Since coming to Washington, Senator Grassley has been a leader in the 
fight to protect our children from the evils of pornography and sexual 
abuse. In 1994, for example, Senator Grassley was successful in passing 
a law that made it a Federal crime to produce child pornography in a 
foreign country with the intent to distribute it in the United States. 
And, in 1993, I joined with my colleague from Iowa in supporting a 
sense of the Senate resolution opposing the Clinton administration's 
attempt to weaken the Federal child pornography laws with its misguided 
legal brief in the Knox case.
  Senator Grassley's bill raises many technical issues that must be 
carefully examined before the Senate reaches any final conclusions. 
And, of course, whatever we do must be absolutely consistent with the 
first amendment.
  I look forward to hearings on Senator Grassley's bill and to a full 
exposition of the complicated issues involved here. But, in the 
meantime, I wanted to show my support for my colleague from Iowa, whose 
commitment to protecting our children has never waivered.


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