Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson Visits Washington for the 63rd Annual Congressional Dinner and Attends Press Conference

Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson Visits Washington for the 63rd Annual Congressional Dinner and Attends Press Conference with Senators John McCain and Senator Chuck Schumer along with Child Advocate, John Walsh

Posted Wednesday, February 7, 2007

The Washington Press Club Foundation hosted its 63rd Annual Congressional Quarterly Dinner with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representative John Boehner and Senator Ted Kennedy. Washington's most elite and powerful representatives welcomed Lauren as our newly crowned Miss America 2007.

While in Washington, Lauren will also participated in a Press Conference on Capitol Hill with Senator John McCain, Senator Chuck Schumer and America's Most Wanted host, John Walsh to address a bill regarding Child Pornography on the Internet. The bill is about Electronic Service Providers reporting child pornography to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline. The importance of reporting is to increase investigations and prosecutions of child predators. The bill's co-sponsors are – Senator John McCain of Arizona and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York.

Also attending will be John Walsh and the National Center’s president and CEO Ernie Allen. Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson stated, “The internet is a powerful tool and a wonderful resource but it can also be used to victimize children in many ways. Not only are children at risk when they go on the Internet, but as most people aren’t aware, the Internet is the primary way of distributing child pornography. I applaud the Senators for taking the lead on ways to protect America’s children. And I look forward to becoming more involved in child protection issues.”

Lauren conducted several media interviews while in D.C. including Fox News, Hardball, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Tulsa World, and The Washington Examiner.

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