[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H2023]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, sex trafficking is 
one of the world's most monstrous, pervasive, and underpenalized 
crimes. Up to 300,000 American children are at risk of being trafficked 
annually.
  The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, which I coauthored with 
Congressman Poe and which passed this House unanimously in January, 
clarifies that the true criminals are the traffickers who enslave 
adolescents and the johns who prey upon them.
  The bill would create stiffer penalties and enforcement for the 
demand side of human trafficking and provide restitution to the 
survivors.
  The bill has strong support in the other body, but it is being 
complicated by a proposed expansion of the Hyde amendment, which I do 
not support.
  We must pass this bill. The Senate should either take up the House-
passed version or find some other compromise. The voiceless victims of 
modern-day slavery in its most horrific form of cruelty cannot afford 
to wait any longer.

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