senator blackburn and senator grassley and i have, together, move legislation through this committee and at helping prevent the sexual abuse of children online. at your field office in atlanta, you recently highlighted sextortion as a particular concern in georgia. the field office says that these schemes have increased by 700% since 2021. can you please provide an update on the fbi's overall efforts to investigate and prevent these crimes targeting children online? >> this is a rapidly emerging threat to the youth of america. when i say rapidly emerging, it's not that it's brand-new, as you and i have discussed. it has been emerging for some time, but what's newer is that it is bursting into prominence in the last year and a half. and that, is mostly about then, because of how prevalent it is, but it's also a reflection, a little bit of a good thing, which is growing awareness, and we need more awareness of this. what is the fbi doing? we are aggressively investigating these cases. we just recently had a case, for example, where a very tragic case in michigan, where a young teenager