WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Katie Britt issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) yesterday joined the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, "Protecting Our Children Online Against the Evolving Offender," which focused on the growing threat of sextortion and other forms of child exploitation online. Witnesses included Tamia Woods, Co-Founder of the Do It for James Foundation, Jessica Lieber Smolar, a former Assistant United States Attorney, and Lauren Coffren, Executive Direcor of the Exploited Children Division for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
Senator Britt began her remarks by thanking Mrs. Woods for sharing the heartbreaking story of her son James, who died by suicide, after being sext...