[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 11, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS DAY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, what an important topic, limited to 1 
minute, but I rise today to acknowledge Human Trafficking Awareness 
Day, to acknowledge that a Texas woman just filed a lawsuit against one 
of our universities for sexual abuse and the grooming by her coach to 
use her over and over again.
  Human trafficking is one of the greatest threats to human rights in 
the United States. In 2020, over 11,000 instances of potential human 
trafficking were reported to the United States National Human 
Trafficking Hotline, and at least 70 percent of those were, in fact, 
estimated to be sex trafficking.
  I am delighted that Chairman  Mike McCaul and Congresswoman Sheila 
Jackson Lee, myself, have introduced the Stop Human Trafficking in 
School Zones Act because that is one of the largest sites for 
trafficking.
  We look forward to a bipartisan Congress supporting this legislation 
that will particularly provide enhanced sentencing to those who would 
dare to recruit our children at schools, and they do it all across the 
Nation.
  Madam Speaker, I hope that we are aware today is Human Trafficking 
Day and that we recognize we must do something to stop it.

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