That originate online. This is just under two hours. And may not be sitabe suitable younger viewers. The committee will come to order, subcommittee on crime, terrorism and investigations. We will have a hearing on crimes against children. I will recognize myself and then the gentleman from michigan. I want to thank each of you for being here today. Todays hearing address the most difficult issues for people of good conscience to contemplate. The exploitation of societys most innocent and vulnerable, our children. Public safety is the preeminent function of government and this function protecting those who cannot fully protect themselves is most important. Today begins our process of permanent laws of exploitation of children and evaluate the effectiveness of these laws and Work Together across every proverbial aisle that exist to make sure our laws are as tough and possible. Amended where needed, strengt n strengthened where needed. I want to thank our witness force being here today mo
That originate online. This is just under two hours. And may not be sitabe suitable younger viewers. The committee will come to order, subcommittee on crime, terrorism and investigations. We will have a hearing on crimes against children. I will recognize myself and then the gentleman from michigan. I want to thank each of you for being here today. Todays hearing address the most difficult issues for people of good conscience to contemplate. The exploitation of societys most innocent and vulnerable, our children. Public safety is the preeminent function of government and this function protecting those who cannot fully protect themselves is most important. Today begins our process of permanent laws of exploitation of children and evaluate the effectiveness of these laws and Work Together across every proverbial aisle that exist to make sure our laws are as tough and possible. Amended where needed, strengt n strengthened where needed. I want to thank our witness force being here today mo
Lab now because of trafficking, something we didnt talk about in 2006 when this bill was passed, we have more issues making sure we protect our most valuable resource so thank you for what you do to make life better. Thank you, i yield back. Chair will recognize mister lieu. Thank you, mister chair. I think the witnesses for the work that you do. Active duty in the air force, i worked on cases as a prosecutor, coauthored a number of bills, sex offenders, very important issue to me. I do have a sense that it may take a long time a victim of a sex offense to come forward including children with victims of sex offenses so i asked the panel is that true and if it is, why does that happen . Thank you so much, mister lieu. It is true and if you look at the clergy or Catholic Church abuse cases we have good statistics on that. There have been as many as 10,000 victims who have come forward in those cases but many of those victims came forward after we 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, even 40 yea
The meeting will come the order, subcommittee on crime, terrorism and Homeland Security investigations will come to order. Without section chairs authorized to declare a recess, we welcome everybody to todays hearing on combating crimes against children and i will recognize myself for an Opening Statement and recognize the gentleman from michigan and chairman of the full committee, and we will begin our questioning. I will thank each of you for being here today, this addresses one of the most difficult issues for people to contemplate, exploitation of societys most innocent and vulnerable, our children. Public safety is a preeminent function of government even among the preeminent dysfunction protecting those who cannot protect themselves is most important. Examining current laws, to evaluate effectiveness of these laws and Work Together across every proverbial aisle. To make sure laws are tough and effective as possible and when needed strength and where needed. Thank our witnesses fo
Been victimized, this committee has a clear bipartisan history. Were here today to build upon that bipartisan tradition and learn what more can be done to keep our children and Young Athletes safe from sexual predators. Protecting children from abusers has been a top priority for me and a lot of members of this committee over the years. Over 30 years ago, i respospons the child Abuse Victims rights act, a bill to enhance civil and criminal penalties against those who sexually exploit children. A version of this was enacted and continues to this day to provide a mechanism by which victims can seek justice. And just last year, i worked with my colleagues to pass another important major known as the survivors bill of rights. It empowers survivors of sexual account assault in the criminal justice system. Sadly, we know the sexual abuse of children can occur in almost any setting, but whats especially disturbing is when that abuse occurs by someone in a position of trust, in what should be