"Coupons" discusses Carney's personal experience with a tight budget and suggests more tax cuts targeting the middle class. In order to connect with these voters, Carney also talks about how he and his wife used to clip Sunday coupons to stay ahead.
In "Kids", Carney highlights his legislative fight to help protect America's children by sponsoring a bill that received bipartisan support. Carney put out a press release to accompany the ad:
Clarks Summit, PA—Congressman Chris Carney is up on the air with a new advertisement, Kids, which addresses the work in Congress to protect children from lead in toys and internet predators.
“As a father of five, I have made fighting for our families a top priority in Congress,” said Chris Carney. “That is why I am proud that the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed my legislation, Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007. I will keep fighting for our children, both to keep them safe from harm on the internet and to keep lead out of our toys.”
Responding to a report that 35% of toys on shelves contain lead, Congressman Christopher P. Carney introduced The Lead Free Toys Act in December 2007. The legislation bans lead from toys, toy jewelry, and other products used by children under age six.
According to the results released the Michigan-based Ecology Center, along with the National Center for Health, Environment and Justice, tests on more than 1,200 children’s products found that 35 percent contain lead. According to the report, many of these toys contained lead levels far above the federal recall standard used for lead paint.
Congressman Christopher P. Carney’s legislation, Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007, passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 416 to 0 in November 2007. This legislation allows the Justice Department to more effectively prosecute people who produce child pornography or knowingly access child pornography repeatedly with the intent to view it. It is awaiting action in the U.S. Senate.
Child pornography has become a $3 billion annual industry. According to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, more than 20,000 images of child pornography are posted online every week. U.S. Customs Services estimate that 100,000 websites offer illegal child pornography, and according to the National Center for Mission & Exploited Children, approximately 20% of all Internet pornography involves children.
The legislation changes the U.S. Federal Code to improve the efficiency in the prosecution of child pornography cases by including money laundering as a prosecution tool. Additionally, the bill expands the U.C.S. (the code) to make it easier to prosecute those who knowingly and repeatedly view child pornography.
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