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SENATE COMMITTEE LOOKS TO PROTECT CHILDREN ON INTERNET IN WASHINGTON

David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center, Horton Social Sciences Center, University of New Hampshire testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on "Protecting Children on the Internet" on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 24, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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