Why this U.S. senator from Utah is tackling the pornography crisis
Before the internet’s rise in the 1990s and the popularization of smartphones in 2010s, pornography was relegated to VCRs, magazines and brick-and-mortar buildings. Now pornography websites bring in billions of users and it’s available in people’s pockets at virtually any time.
It’s an issue Sen. Mike Lee has taken on in Washington, D.C., as he tries to get legislation passed aimed at protecting children from seeing pornography and giving victim-survivors paths to legal recourse.
“We’ve got far more young people today, having access to essentially unlimited supply of pornographic material,” Lee said in an interview with the Deseret News.
Read more about the two bills Sen. Mike Lee is proposing to protect children and victim-survivors from the harms of pornography.
The U.S. Air Force invested in an ambitious program to develop a new intercontinental ballistic missile in 2020. Last month, the Air Force said it would cost 37% more than estimated to develop the missiles, as Bloomberg reported.
The project won’t be completed on time and is two years behind schedule, originally set to conclude in 2026. Still, the Air Force has no plans to abandon this program, according to Utah Rep. Blake Moore.
“There is overwhelming bipartisan support for the Sentinel program. Congress understands the deterrence capabilities at stake, especially as we move into an increasingly unstable geopolitical landscape,” Moore said in a statement to the Deseret News.
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