[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 14, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION ACT

  (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, again I digress from my story of Ludwig 
Koonz who is in Italy and most anxious to return to the United States 
of America. 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.

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