Protect Our Children Act: Requires Internet Companies To Report Child Pornography CBS4 MIAMI (CBS4) – President Bush has signed brand new legislation into law that is designed to keep internet sex predators away from children. Mr. Bush signed the “Protect Our Children” Act http://www.protect.org/childPornography late Monday. The “Protect Our Children” Act creates the […]
(Washington, DC) — Important child protection legislation has been signed into law by the President, just weeks after passage in the Senate and the House. The PROTECT Our Children Act (S. 1738) drastically increases America’s readiness to combat a multi-billion dollar global child exploitation industry. It creates the largest law enforcement army ever created for […]
(Washington, DC) — Rep. Wasserman Schultz released the following statement on the Senate’s failure to pass the Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act: “I am extremely disappointed by the partisan politics of Senate Republicans who blocked H.R.7112, the Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2008. As an original cosponsor of this critical legislation, I […]
(Washington, DC) — Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced that she secured $9.7 million in federal funds for South Florida, helping to offset the fact that Floridians regularly pay more into the federal treasury than they receive back in funded programs. The approved projects were included in appropriations bills which recently passed the House and Senate […]
By Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz For the last several months our economy has been hit by a perfect storm. We’ve seen the cost of gas skyrocket to around $4 a gallon. Prices are up at your local grocery store. Then, the middle of September saw the collapse of some of our nation’s oldest banks, investment […]