Obama's VP Pick: High-Tech Child Safety Advocate
Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., the newly named running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is a long-time player in national politics and currently serves as Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman. He previously led the Senate Judiciary Committee and remains active in that sphere. One of his most notable tech-related efforts in the 110th Congress has been his sponsorship of a bill authorizing a funding boost for more than 50 Justice Department-funded Internet Crimes Against Children task forces.
The legislation was part of an omnibus package of several bills Majority Leader Harry Reid wanted to bring to a vote before August recess. The most recent version of the bill would authorize about $300 million for the DOJ effort over five years and would establish a national strategy for child exploitation prevention -- a change from the initial bill that would have created a special counsel for child exploitation within Justice. A similar measure by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., passed the House. Read CongressDaily's most recent coverage of the issue here.
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