[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 89 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H4966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CRACKING DOWN ON ONLINE PREDATORS

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 
support of legislation that could protect innocent children across our 
great Nation. H.R. 5319, the Deleting Online Predators Act, introduced 
by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick), gives parents, 
teachers and school officials new tools in their effort to protect our 
children from online sexual predators.
  Just this week back in my district in Tavares, Florida, prosecutors 
are picking a jury to try the case of John Couey, the man accused of 
raping and killing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford.
  Sexual predators like John Couey not only stalk our children on the 
playground and at the mall, but also over the Internet on Web sites 
like MySpace.com.
  I commend the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick) for 
bringing attention to these Internet predators and thank the Energy and 
Commerce Committee for holding hearings on this bill.

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