THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. JUDGE, CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO YOUR FAMILY. I KNOW THIS IS A BIG MOMENT FOR THEM, AND RIGHTLY SO. ONE OF THE THINGS I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED ABOUT OUR MEETING, BESIDES HOW MUCH TIME YOU GAVE ME, WAS HOW CANDID AND FORTHCOMING YOU WERE, WHICH I REALLY RESPECTED. I LOOK FORWARD TO A CANDID CONVERSATION. I AM ADMIRING HOW YOU ARE SITTING SO STOICALLY THROUGH ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THIS SENATOR TALK. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO VISITING WITH YOU AGAIN. YOU DID ME THE HONOR OF BEING VERY CANDID. I WANT TO BE CANDID WITH YOU TODAY, SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE MY HEAD IS THAT. SO LET ME SAY A FEW THINGS THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT, ASPECTS OF YOUR RECORD THAT TROUBLED ME. THIS WILL COME AS NO SURPRISE. I HAVE SAID IT IN PUBLIC ALREADY, BUT I WANT TO BE, AGAIN, VERY CANDID IN THE INTEREST OF AN OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSION AND SPECIFIC. HERE ARE SOME OF THE CASES FROM YOUR TIME ON THE COURT, THE DISTRICT COURT, THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT HOPE WE CAN TALK ABOUT. LET ME JUST RUN THROUGH A FEW OF THEM, SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHICH ONES I MEAN. THE UNITED STATES VERSUS HAWKINS. THIS IS A CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE WHERE THE DEFENDANT DISTURBED AND MULTIPLE IMAGES OF CHILD POINT, POSSESSED DOZENS MORE, INCLUDING VIDEOS. THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES WAS 120 MONTHS IN PRISON. PROSECUTORS RECOMMENDED 24 MONTHS IN PRISON. JUDGE JACKSON GAVE THE DEFENDANT THREE MONTHS IN PRISON. IN THE UNITED STATES VERSUS CHIASSON, THE DEFENDANT POSSESSED 48 FILES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES RECOMMENDED 78 MONTHS IN PRISON. THE PROSECUTOR RECOMMENDED THE SAME. JUDGE JACKSON SENTENCED HIM TO 28 MONTHS. UNITED STATES VERSUS COOPER. THERE THE DEFENDANT DISTRIBUTED DOZENS OF IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES WERE RECOMMENDED 151 TO 188 MONTHS IN PRISON. THE PROSECUTOR RECOMMENDED 72 MONTHS. JUDGE JACKSON GAVE THE DEFENDANT 60 MONTHS, WHICH IS THE LOWEST SENTENCE PERMITTED BY THE LAW. UNITED STATES VERSUS DOWN, A CASE WHERE THE DEFENDANT DISTRIBUTED 33 FILES OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT, THREE MESSAGING OUTCOME UNFORTUNATELY MORE COMMON. THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES RECOMMENDED 70 TO 80 MONTHS IN PRISON. THE PROSECUTOR RECOMMENDED 70 MONTHS IN PRISON. JUDGE JACKSON PERMITTED HIM TO ONLY 60 MONTHS. THE UNITED STATES VERSUS STEWART, THE DEFENDANT DISTRIBUTED SCORES OF IMAGES AND CHILDREN SUFFERING SEXUAL ABUSE. THE GUIDELINES RECOMMENDED 97 TO 121 MONTHS IN PRISON. THE PROSECUTOR RECOMMENDED 97 MONTHS IN PRISON. JUDGE JACKSON GAVE HIM 57 MONTHS. IN THE UNITED STATES VERSUS SEARS, THE DEFENDANT DISTRIBUTED OVER 100 VIDEOS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE GUIDELINES RECOMMENDED 97 TO 121 MONTHS IN PRISON. THE PROSECUTION RECOMMENDED 79 MONTHS. JUDGE JACKSON GAVE 71 MONTHS. IN UNITED STATES VERSUS SAVAGE, THE DEFENDANT POSSESSED SIX SEPARATE THUMB DRIVES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND TRAVELED ACROSS STATE LINES. THE GUIDELINES RECOMMENDED 58 MONTHS IN PRISON, THE PROSECUTOR RECOMMENDED 39 MONTHS, AND JUDGE JACKSON SENTENCED TO 37 MONTHS. ALL OF JUDGE JACKSON'S CASES DEALING WITH CHILD PORNOGRAPHY UP DURING HER TIME ON THE DISTRICT COURTS IN WHICH HE HAD SOME DISCRETION. THERE ARE SOME CASES SHE WAS BOUND TO GIVE. WHAT CONCERNS ME, AND I HAVE BEEN CANDID ABOUT THIS, IN EVERY CASE OF ANY TO BE SEVEN, JUDGE JACKSON HANDED DOWN A LENIENT SENATE WHICH WAS BELOW WITH THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES RECOMMENDED AND BELOW WHAT PROSECUTORS REQUESTED. I THINK THERE IS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT THERE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT IT. I WILL NOTE THAT SOME OF SAID THAT THE FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES ARE TOO HARSH ON CHILD SEX CRIMES, ESPECIALLY CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. I HAVE HEARD THAT ARGUMENT A LOT IN RECENT DAYS. THE CHAIRMAN QUOTED SOMEONE EARLIER TODAY THAT POINT OF VIEW. I CANNOT SAY I AGREE WITH THAT. THE AMOUNT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN CIRCULATION HAS ABSOLUTELY EXPLODED IN RECENT YEARS. HERE IS A "NEW YORK TIMES" REPORT, I AM QUOTING NOW, LAST YEAR, TECH COMPANIES REPORTED 145 MILLION PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF CHILDREN BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED, MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THEY FOUND THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE REPORT GOES ON TO SAY THIS, 20 YEARS AGO, THESE ONLINE IMAGES WERE A PROBLEM. 10 YEARS AGO, THEY WERE AN EPIDEMIC. NOW THE CRISIS IS AT A BREAKING POINT. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS WORSE THAN THAT. . JUST LAST WEEK, THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN REPORTED FINDING 85 MILLION FILES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN 2021. OF COURSE, THIS COMMITTEE HAS HEARD TESTIMONY FROM PROSECUTORS AND OTHERS WHO ARE GRAPPLING WITH THE PROBLEM OF HOW TO GET AT THIS PORN, AND THOSE WHO DISTRIBUTE IT, HOW TO PROSECUTE THEM AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. HERE IS MY POINT DID I THINK IT IS DIFFICULT AGAINST THIS BACKDROP TO ARGUE THAT THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES ARE TOO HARSH OR OUTMODED OR THAT WE SHOULD BE SOMEHOW TREATING CHILD PORNOGRAPHERS MORE LENIENTLY THAN THE GUIDELINES RECOMMEND. JUDGE JACKSON HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE YET TO RESPOND TO THIS, AND OTHERS HAVE HEARD ARGUMENTS, I DON'T AGREE WITH THEM, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM JUDGE JACKSON, AND WE WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO IN THE COMING DAYS. THE CANDOR THAT JUDGE JACKSON SHOWED PREVIOUSLY, I LOOK FORWARD TO, AND SHE DESERVES THE ABILITY TO SPEAK FOR HERSELF ON THIS ISSUE. SO I WOULD SAY, IN CLOSING, MR. CHAIRMAN, SOME HAVE ASKED I'D I HAVE RAISED THESE QUESTIONS AHEAD OF THE HEARING, WHY NOT WAIT UNTIL THE HEARING, SPRING THEM ON JUDGE JACKSON, AS IT WERE, AND MY ANSWER TO THAT IS VERY SIMPLE -- I AM NOT INTERESTED IN TRAPPING JUDGE JACKSON. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN TRYING TO PLAY GOTCHA, I AM INTERESTED IN HER ANSWERS, BECAUSE I FOUND IN OUR TIME TOGETHER THAT SHE WAS ENORMOUS LIKE AWFUL, ENORMOUSLY ACCOMPLISHED, AND I SUSPECT HAS A COHERENT VIEW IN A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THIS THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING. I THINK SHE DESERVES A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT. I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE THE CHANCE TO HEAR HER ANSWERS. THERE ARE MY CONCERNS, JUDGE. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE, SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I AM COMING FROM. THANKS AGAIN FOR GIVING ME THE TIME A FEW WEEKS AGO. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. I LOOK FORWARD TO FINALLY HEARING FROM YOU TOMORROW. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. 