her name is rebecca ann sedwick, 12 years old of lakeland, florida. a beautiful girl, subjected to the most horrific kind of harassment and abuse that is almost unimaginable that a group of human beings could do this to another person, but unfortunately it happens all too often. i'll ask my -- my colleague from florida because he knows the case better than i and he knows some information about -- about what the news articles would highlight, but i think we all have the same reaction, one of horror, and we're summoned by our conscience to do something about this. we can't just say, as some say, well, this -- you know, there have been -- every generation has faced some kind of harassment, some kind of bullying, so it's just part of growing up. i've heard this argument. the argument is without validity, okay? because no generation prior to this generation has had the technological burden where i remember when i was growing up if someone was bullied at school, that was bad enough, but it ended when the school day ended. today that's not possible. if you h