THANK YOU, SENATOR FOR LETTING ME ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT YOU'VE PUT FORWARD BASED ON THE RECORD THAT YOU'VE REVIEWED. AS A JUDGE WHO IS A MOM AND HAS BEEN TASKED WITH RESPONSIBILITY OF ACTUALLY REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE, THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU WOULD NOT DESCRIBE IN POLITE COMPANY, THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU ARE POINTING TO DISCUSSING, ADDRESSING IN THIS CONTEXT AS EVIDENCE THAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY ROLE AS A JUDGE, AND IT IS HEINOUS, IT IT IS EGREGIOUS. BUTTIGIEG HAS TO DO IS DETERMINE HOW TO SENTENCE DEFENDANTS PROPORTIONATELY CONSISTENT WITH THE ELEMENTS THAT THE STATUTES INCLUDE, WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT CONGRESS HAS SET FORWARD. UNWARRANTED SENTENCING DISPARITIES IS SOMETHING THAT THE SENTENCING COMMISSION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON FOR A LONG TIME IN REGARD TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSES. ALL OF THE OFFENSES ARE HORRIBLE. ALL OF THE OFFENSES ARE EGREGIOUS, BUT THE GUIDELINES, AS YOU POINTED OUT, ARE BEING DEPARTED FROM EVEN, WITH RESPECT TO THE GOVERNMENTS RECOMMENDATION, THE GOVERNMENT IN THIS CASE, AND ANOTHER HAS ASKED FOR A SENTENCE THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE GUIDELINES PENALTY. SO WHAT I WAS DISCUSSING WAS THAT PHENOMENON. THAT THE GUIDELINES IN THIS AREA ARE NOT DOING THE WORK OF DIFFERENTIATING DEFENDANTS, AS THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF INDICATED IN THIS VERY CASE. SO, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU, SENATOR, THAT I TAKE THESE CASES VERY SERIOUSLY. THAT THESE CASES INCLUDE THE NOTIONS BY MANY DEFENDANTS THAT THE FOLKS AT ISSUE, THE DEFENDANTS THEMSELVES ARE COLLECTING THESE IMAGES ON THE INTERNET, THEY ARE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT THEY ARE NOT INVOLVED, SAY THE DEFENDANTS, THEY ARE NOT FOCUSED ON WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING TO THE CHILDREN. SO PART OF MY SENTENCINGS WAS ABOUT REDIRECTING THE DEFENDANTS ATTENTION. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME A PERSON SPENDS IN PRISON, IT'S ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE HARM OF THIS BEHAVIOR, IT'S ABOUT ALL OF THE OTHER KINDS OF RESTRAINTS THAT SEX OFFENDERS ARE ORDERED, RIGHTLY, TO LIVE UNDER AT THE END OF THE DAY. SENTENCES IN THESE CASES INCLUDE NOT ONLY PRISON TIME, BUT RESTRAINTS ON COMPUTER USE, SOMETIMES FOR DECADES. RESTRAINTS ON ABILITY TO GONI OUR CHILDREN, SOMETIMES FOR DECADES. ALL OF THESE THINGS JUDGES CONSIDER IN ORDER TO AFFECT WHAT CONGRESS HAS REQUIRED. WHICH IS A SENTENCE THAT IS SUFFICIENT, BUT NOT GREATER THAN NECESSARY TO PROMOTE THE PURPOSES OF PUNISHMENT. 