[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 38 (Thursday, March 8, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           MODERN-DAY SLAVERY

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, modern-day slavery is alive in 
America.
  When Maria was 16, she was lured from Mexico to Houston by a man who 
promised her a better life. When she arrived in Texas, she learned this 
scoundrel was in the slavery business. The slave master immediately put 
Maria up for sale. Now she was a sex slave, a victim of child human 
trafficking.
  Here's what she said she was forced to do:

       Every day, 6 to 7 days a week, I'd have sex with seven to 
     10 men a night during the week, and on the weekends, 20 to 30 
     men a night.

  Tortured and abused, the slave trader threatened her so she was too 
scared to run away, but she defied her captor and called for help. Law 
enforcement came to her aid and rescued her.
  The trafficker was convicted and sent to prison where we house these 
deviant international slave traders. Now it's time to prosecute the 
customers as well.
  Meanwhile, we have a duty to help and care for the victims of child 
sex slavery like Maria.
  And that's just the way it is.

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