[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 21, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E800]
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             JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2014

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                               speech of

                            HON. TOM MARINO

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 20, 2014

  Mr. MARINO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to support this legislation.
  I was a U.S. Attorney for several years.
  My staff and I prosecuted a prostitution ring.
  There were several defendants.
  All the defendants were convicted.
  The convictions were affirmed on appeal.
  Women and girls from in their twenties down to their teens, low 
teens, were kidnapped, tortured mentally and physically, and raped, 
repeatedly.
  A wire tap revealed that the defendants were on the phone complaining 
that their hands hurt so much from beating the victims to get them to 
do what they did not want to do.
  The sentences of the defendants were lengthy.
  In fact, one of the ring leaders, who went by the name William 
``Sleazy T'' Williams, an appropriate name, received 45 years in 
prison.
  This is the quintessential reason why we must pass this legislation.

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