Washington, D.C- A Senate Subcommittee, chaired by Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, is holding a hearing Thursday on why the government should care about pornography. It’s the third in a series to call attention to the pornography industry and its effect.

High on the priority list; the manner and extent the Justice Department uses in enforcing anti-pornography laws. One scheduled witness, Pamela Paul, who authored the book; “Pornified” says she’s especially concerned that easy access to pornography is desensitizing America.

“The more pornography people are exposed to, the more likely they are to think that it’s no big deal. My hope is to create awareness of the negative side of pornography and really to combat that public perception.”

Paul says most adults can’t comprehend the effect pornography is having on our children, those who have grown up with graphic and perverted images just a click away.

“And this is really transforming the way in which, children, boys and girls, develop sexually. It’s changing what they think of as normal, appropriate, natural human sexual behavior.”

Pat Trueman, former head of the Justice Department’s Obscenity Enforcement Group, believes the Brownback hearings will have an effect.

“Because of the pressure of Sam Brownback and the support of the American public, and the good will of the Attorney General, we are going to see the Justice Department have a strong effort against obscenity very soon.”

Senator Brownback says one goal of the committee hearings is to make all parents aware of the devastating effects the porn industry has on the nation.