Help Pass the Protect Our Children Act #1738

This Senate Bill will authorize over $320 million over the next five years in funding for law enforcement to investigate child exploitation, mandate that child rescue be a top priority for law enforcement receiving federal funding and allocate funds for high-tech computer software that can track down internet predators.  Child pornography on the internet is a national epidemic and we currently have few rescources to stop these innocent children from being molested in some cases live on the internet to thousands and thousands of predator viewers.

This Senate Bill will authorize over $320 million over the next five years in funding for law enforcement to investigate child exploitation, mandate that child rescue be a top priority for law enforcement receiving federal funding and allocate funds for high-tech computer software that can track down internet predators.  Child pornography on the internet is a national epidemic and we currently have few rescources to stop these innocent children from being molested in some cases live on the internet to thousands and thousands of predator viewers.

Dear Senator:

We the undersigned know that you believe, like we do, that we must do everything possible to protect children from sexual predators. That is why we am asking for your help.

Last year alone, U.S. law enforcement identified over 300,000 criminals who were trafficking in movies and pictures of young children being raped and tortured. Experts say that one in every three of these criminals has local child victims. Child pornography trafficking over the Internet has given us a trail of evidence that leads straight to their doorsteps, but the vast majority of these children will never be rescued because investigators are overwhelmed, outnumbered and underfunded.

As your constituent, I urge you to do everything in your power to pass the PROTECT Our Children Act (S. 1738, Biden-Hatch). This bipartisan legislation passed the House 415-2, but it is now the victim of petty partisan politics.

Now that we know where these children are and how to protect them, there is no excuse for the Senate to fail to take action this session.