[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 8, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   ASKING MEMBERS TO WORK TO BRING LUDWIG KOONS AND ALL OF AMERICA'S 
                         ABDUCTED CHILDREN HOME

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, 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.

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