[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1187-1188]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A TRAGEDY

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I am so pleased to come to the floor at 
the end of the Special Order hour that Mrs. Noem and Mrs. Wagner have 
organized to join my colleagues in talking about the bills that are 
before us.
  Human trafficking is an issue that affects every single county and 
community across this country--every single one. In my State of 
Tennessee and in the greater Nashville area, we have a wonderful 
organization, End Slavery Tennessee, that is doing great work to reach 
out, to minister, and to help.
  I am so pleased that this week we are going to take the time to bring 
to the floor legislation that will be of help in training our medical 
personnel, that will also empower and encourage our law enforcement 
organizations and our faith-based and not-for-profit organizations.
  This is a tragedy, modern-day slavery, that is taking place, the sex 
trafficking and the human trafficking, and

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I am so pleased that Congress is standing together to do something 
about it.

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