Protect Our Children Act

Senate Bill 1738, the Protect Our Children Act, is legislation currently before the U.S. Senate. On September 15, 2008, Oprah Winfrey dedicated her show to the issue of online child pornography and requested that her viewers contact their Senators to ask that they vote to pass Bill 1738.¹

Fast Facts

Will authorize more than $320 million over the next five years as funding for law enforcement to investigate child exploitation¹
Mandate that child rescue be a top priority for law enforcement receiving federal funding¹
Allocate funds for high-tech computer software that would assist in tracking down Internet predators¹
The bipartisan legislation has passed the U.S. House of Representatives¹
Illinois Senators Barack Obama and Richard Durbin are both co-sponsors of the bill and support its passing¹

Quotes

"The number of pedophiles and child pornographers online would literally blow your mind, and the demand is so high for new material that the videos and photographs are getting more brutal with younger and younger baby victims."—Oprah Winfrey¹