[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13846]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, the plague of child pornography is a global 
program in need of a global response. A study released recently by the 
International Center for Missing and Exploited Children paints a sad 
and sobering picture.
  Of the 184 countries studied, more than half have no laws addressing 
child pornography at all, and in most of the countries, the existing 
laws are inadequate.
  This perverse form of exploitation horribly scars its victims, not 
only in the actual production of this sordid smut, but their pictures 
are then broadcast to the world online.
  At a meeting recently of the Organization for Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, I offered a resolution on behalf of Chairman 
Chris Smith and the U.S. delegation, calling on the nations of the 
world to address this growing problem.
  The resolution calls on lawmaking bodies of the world to take a hard-
line stance against this horrific practice and enact stiff criminal 
penalties for production and consumption.
  I am pleased the resolution was unanimously adopted. Child 
pornography is a despicable business, and this resolution is a positive 
first step in the fight against it.

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