[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 114 (Friday, September 22, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1576]
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  HONORING U.S. ATTORNEYS AND INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM THE 9TH 
                           DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                 ______
                                 

                           HON. NICK LAMPSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 22, 2000

  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to commend a team of law 
enforcement professionals, U.S. attorneys, and Internet service 
providers who worked together in recent weeks in federally charging a 
health teacher and trainer in my district of possessing and receiving 
child pornography.
  An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that he 
was using his home computer to download child pornography from the 
Internet. Authorities became aware of this man's activities through 
Operation Innocent Images, a partnership between U.S. Customs and the 
FBI that is responsible fro tracking pedophiles on the Internet. The 
FBI has the ability to monitor certain activity over the Internet that 
they believe deals with child pornography or the sexual exploitation of 
children. In doing this, they have set up a number of operations around 
the country to monitor activities in a cooperative effort with local 
law enforcement agencies and all Internet Service Providers (ISP). 
ISP's help to monitor Internet activity and furnish investigative leads 
if they believe that a person is inappropriately using the Internet.
  I'd also like to commend U.S. Attorney Mike Bradford, who succinctly 
stated, ``Those offenders who possess and distribute child pornography 
perpetuate the exploitation of children depicted in the pornographic 
images. Those who use the Internet to acquire or exchange child 
pornography commit serious crimes and will be prosecuted when caught. 
The message we want to convey is an absolute intolerance of child 
exploitation.''