"No
one wants to believe that predators abuse and torture children and sell or
swap the pictures of that abuse. We do not like to think that even though
our children have been warned about strangers, children are still
logging onto the Internet and meeting strangers, child predators and
pedophiles. But according to one estimate, one in five children report
that they have received a sexual solicitation over the Internet.
"It is because this problem is so horrific that
we need to know more about it. Our nation's parents, children and
educators need to know exactly what dangers are lurking on the Internet.
They need to appreciate how serious this problem is so that they can
prepare their children for what - or who - is waiting for them online."
-- Committee
Chairman Joe Barton
See
the ABC News report on Masha Allen, who
told her story of abuse.
|
Hear
one agent tell Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield,
of Kentucky, about a
child predator who hit close to home. |
Child
exploitation investigation fact sheet (10-18-06, PDF
format)
Reforming NIH
Pretexting: The
Hewlett-Packard Case
What on earth is “pretexting?”
“…Its origin is in the Latin texere, ‘to weave, to
fabricate’; from that came the metaphor ‘to weave a web of lies’
and ‘to fabricate a story.’ A pretext can be mild, a mere excuse or
‘white lie’; it can also be synonymous with pretense, rooted
in the Latin tendere, ‘to stretch,’ in this sense meaning ‘to
stretch the truth.’ No matter how you stretch it, the new participle
pretexting has an aura of dishonesty about it.”
- William Safire, September 24, 2006, The New York Times
Magazine
“It’s pretending to be somebody you’re not, to get something
you probably shouldn’t have, to use in a way that’s probably wrong.”
- House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton,
R-Texas, September 28, 2006
Assessing Global
Warming
What's up with
gasoline prices?
-
What
they’re saying about plummeting gasoline prices: "I'm
thrilled" (9-14-06 press
release)
-
The
Associated Press: House Lifts Offshore Drilling a Ban (6-30-06 press
release)
-
What
They’re Saying About More Fuel for American Drivers (6-7-06 press
release)
-
Refinery
Bill Will Help Bring Fuel to American Drivers (6-7-06 press
release)
-
Barton
on Boutique Fuels Discussion Draft (6-7-06 press
release)
-
Dear
Colleague letters in support of H.R. 5254, the Refinery Permit Process
Schedule Act (6-7-06 press
release)
-
Op-ed
by Reps. Walden and Blackburn, Washington Times (6-7-06,
PDF)
-
Dear
Colleague:
America Needs American Energy: Members Urge Support of ANWR
Exploration (5-24-06, PDF)
-
CAFE
Fact Sheet (5-11-06)
-
Bill
Improves Fuel Economy Standards While Protecting Jobs, Passenger
Safety (5-10-06 press
release)
-
Panel
Hears Producers, Regulators, Consumers Trace Oil from Ground to
Gasoline Tank (5-10-06 press
release)
-
Committee
Announces Markup Of Fuel Economy Standards Bill (5-8-06 press
release)
-
Committee
to Hold Hearing On Gasoline Prices and Supply (5-8-06 press
release)
-
Refining
Capacity Saps Gasoline Availability, Expert Warns Congress (5-4-06 press
release)
-
Barton:
Nigerian Unrest, Iran, Failure to Explore ANWR Combine to Drive Up Oil
Prices (5-4-06 press
release)
-
Barton
on Car Fuel Economy Standards (5-3-06 press
release)
-
Barton,
Whitfield Letters to Oil Companies (PDF format)
-
Secretary
Mineta Seeks Authority To Set Car Mileage Standards (5-3-06
press release)
-
Democrats
Sink Bill To Expand U.S. Gasoline Supply (5-3-06
press release)
-
House
OKs Anti-Price Gouging Measure (5-3-06 press
release)
-
Barton:
Consumers Have A Right To Protection from Energy Ripoffs (5-3-06
press release)
-
Barton
Urges Colleagues to Support Adding New Refinery Capacity (5-3-06
press release)
-
Letters
of Support on Refinery Bill (5-2-06, PDF format)
-
Bass/Barton
Bill Would Speed Increased Fuel Supplies (5-2-06 Rep. Charlie Bass
press release)
-
Committee
Announces Witness List for Hearing on Fuel Economy Standards
(5-2-06 press release)
-
Price
Gouging Bill Fact Sheet (5-1-06)
-
Committee
to Hold Hearing on Crude Oil Pricing (5-1-06 press release)
-
Committee
sets Hearing on Fuel Economy Standards (5-1-06 press release)
-
Refinery
Bill Fact Sheet (5-1-06)
-
Energy
& Commerce Committee Will Address High Gas Prices (4-26-06
press release)
-
Barton
Announces Plans For Upcoming Hearings on Energy Prices (4-24-06
press release)
-
Gas
Prices Fact Sheet (PDF format)
-
Gasoline
for America's Security Act of 2005 Highlights (PDF
format)
-
Facts
about the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PDF format)
-
America's
Need for New Refineries Fact Sheet (PDF format)
-
PBS
Newshour interview with Chairman Joe Barton and Representative Bart
Stupak (PDF format)
- Statement
of U.S. Rep. Joe Barton
November 8, 2006
- Time
for FCC to act on AT&T-Bellsouth
October 13, 2006
- Committee
Discovers More Documents; Seeks Answers from BP, Alaska Officials
October 6, 2006
- Barton
Condemns H-P for Leak Investigation
September 29, 2006
- Barton
Seeks Medicare Physician Payments Fix This Year
September 28, 2006
- Barton
Condemns H-P for Leak Investigation
September 28, 2006
- Hewlett-Packard’s
Pretexting Scandal: Testimony of Patricia C. Dunn
September 28, 2006
- Hewlett-Packard’s
Pretexting Scandal: Testimony of Mark Hurd
September 28, 2006
- The
Masha Allen Adoption – What Went Wrong?
September 27, 2006
News Release
Committee Discovers More Documents; Seeks Answers from BP, Alaska Officials
October 6, 2006
Internet Data Brokers and Pretexting: Who Has Access to Your Private Records?
Hearing by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
September 29, 2006
Hewlett-Packard’s Pretexting Scandal
Hearing by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
September 28, 2006
Medicare Physician Payments: 2007 and Beyond
Hearing by the Subcommittee on Health
September 28, 2006
News Release
Hewlett-Packard’s Pretexting Scandal: Testimony of Patricia C. Dunn
September 28, 2006
News Release
Hewlett-Packard’s Pretexting Scandal: Testimony of Mark Hurd
September 28, 2006
News Release
Barton Condemns H-P for Leak Investigation
September 28, 2006
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