Durbin Seeks Floor Vote on Child Safety Bills

The Senate needs to bring online child safety legislation to a vote, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said in a floor speech Wednesday. He urged support for several bills the committee passed, including his Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (Stop CSAM) Act (S-1199) and the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (Earn It Act) (see 2305240050). Every member of the committee supported the Stop CSAM Act, and “I’m working to bring it to the floor,” he said. “The Senate must act. Our failure to do so will preserve the status quo, where our children are being sexually exploited online every day.”