[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 40 (Thursday, March 8, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H2305-H2306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN AGAINST INTERNET PREDATORS

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, last month I was proud to be part of an 
important announcement concerning the safety of our children. And 
thanks to the tremendous generosity of Quest Foundation, the National 
Center For Missing and Exploited Children was able to establish 
netsmartz411.org, a first of its kind online service.
  NetSmartz411 provides a direct line for experts at the National 
Center for

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Concerned Parents. Through this program, questions and concerns about 
online safety can be answered quickly and accurately. We are all too 
familiar with stories of Internet predators making their way into our 
homes with the simple click of a mouse. More and more teenagers are 
joining social networking Web sites and roaming the Internet freely, 
with little or no adult supervision. These Web sites have given 
predators the freedom to search for pictures, ages, even nearby 
schools. By empowering more parents than ever before, NetSmartz411 will 
reinforce our efforts to make the Internet a safer place.
  So for those who want more infor-
mation, my colleagues, and would 
like to find that out, please 
visit www.netsmartz411.org, or www.missingkids.com.

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