Life. The internet has inspired new crimes with names like online enticement, and sextortion and has become a thriving marketplace for selling children for sex. Many children today have cell phones which function the same as computers. This is why its vital that we work even more closely with our nations schools to help educate them about the dangers on the internet and the real world. As part of our recent reauthorization, you gave us the authority to provide more resources to state and local educational agencies. We have started to use this new authority to expand our programs to protect more children. Among our expanded initiatives with schools are new prevention curriculums, such as our kid smarts prevention curriculum which includes lesson plans and teaching tools set to launch this summer in time for the new school year. Weve also been working to develop more agespecific, gradelevel appropriate online curriculum and related Educational Resources for teachers to download from our
Phone number advertised, called the National Center. We were able to track that phone number to three states in the span of less than three days. We passed that on to Law Enforcement. That girl was recovered during operation cross country. With respect to those children missing from foster care, there are current laws before congress now that we urge congress to pass. Right now, only two states have laws mandating the reporting of children missing from foster care. As has been pointed out, one in seven missing children are also being sexually exploited. 67 of those are coming from foster care children. No one is looking for these children. They cannot be found until they are looked for. So i want to first thank this committee for focusing your efforts and giving us the ability to work more closely with schools, with teachers, with communities. Especially those children with special needs. 1 in 68, according to the cdc, suffer from autism. These children go laundering 50 of the time. Th
Its the hard hats, its he its the welder putting together the new locomotive. It is the engineer designing the system, its the accountant, its the secretary. Handling the paperwork. Its america building its future and the president s lay the president s laid out a good plan. He said put your ideas on the table is there a better way to do it . Put your ideas on the table, my colleagues. Lets get about done it. This is our future. And its fully paid for. Doesnt increase the deficit. In fact, it will grow the economy and provide us with those middle class jobs. I know, mr. Tonko, you have been at this for your entire career. As have i. To be here in congress at this moment when we had an opportunity, we missed it today. We missed the opportunity today to grow the American Economy and instead we kicked the can down the road. Better than nothing, but not good enough. Nothing to be proud of. Mr. Tonko, a few seconds i dont know how much time we have. Mr. Tonko i believe we probably have five
Host the Bloodiest Day was yesterday so far in the tensions between the israeli army and hamas forces. Later today, were focusing on Foreign Policy with an event we are covering at 2 00 eastern time, the middle east policies of, and next, our focus is a rock. We are going to take it to the atlantic counselor for live coverage. On the threatsg between iraq and syria, also known as isis, and it will analyze u. S. Policy in the middle east. This figures will include the iraqi master to the u. S. And the Deputy Defense department secretary. Life coverage here on cspan with the Atlantic Council. Thanks for joining us on this monday. Hope you enjoy the rest of your day. Again, we are live this morning as the Atlantic Council here in washington, d. C. , is hosting a discussion on the escalating violence in iraq and the threat of the Islamic State of iraq and syria, known as isis. Analysts will look at u. S. Policy in the middle east. Among the speakers, we expect to hear from the iraqi ambass
Email issue with epka. I think for passage we ought to deal specifically with emails so we can get something and amend it as we progress through technology, keeping its mind, the spirit of the Fourth Amendment as well. Thank you very much for your attention. I appreciate it. Thank you. Ill invite our Panel Members to join me here on stage, as formidable panel as one could ask for an event like this. Joining me, we have if youre here, greg new james from i know quite well. A Senior Council of the senate for democracy and technology and the hed of the project on freedom, security and technology and cochair of the american Bar Committee on American Civil Liberties. And an attorney in private practice and director of Legal Services for the American Discrimination Committee as well as Legislative Council at the American Civil Liberties union. A veteran of the fight for judicial privacy and is also a driving force behind the digital due process coalition. We have several members represented