Tim Tebow joins lawmakers on Capitol Hill to introduce legislation to combat online child sexual exploitation

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow was in Washington on Tuesday to join lawmakers on Capitol Hill as they introduced new legislation that would help combat online child sexual exploitation.

Tebow stood alongside Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) as they announced the new legislation, the Renewed Hope Act.

“This isn’t about policies or politics. It’s about people. It’s about every single one of those boys and girls. It is about how can we possibly get to as many of those boys and girls as possible,” said Tebow.

Tebow has been working to fight online child exploitation through his foundation.

The bill would give the Department of Homeland Security better capabilities to identify, rescue, and protect victims of online child sexual exploitation and bring perpetrators to justice.

“The workforce that we presently have is working round the clock to try to find remove these images, to try to prosecute predators and to try to protect our children. But they need our help and they need additional resources,” said Rep. Lee.

The lawmakers supporting the legislation say the proliferation of child sex abuse materials on the internet has exploded in recent years.

“We know that child sexual abuse is an epidemic. [According to] the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, those reports more than doubled between 2019 and 2023,” said Sen. Cornyn.

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