[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13059-13060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           A SURVIVOR'S STORY

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Amanda Jones was kidnapped in Dallas, 
Texas. She was 15 years of age, and then she was sold for sex at the 
hands of human traffickers.
  Children right here in the United States are bought and sold for 
sexual exploitation in urban, suburban, and rural areas. Their souls 
are stolen from them, and no community is immune.
  Amanda was in slavery for 9 years. She eventually escaped with her 
daughter and, thankfully, found services through a new wonderful 
organization in Dallas, New Friends New Life. New Friends New Life is 
primarily funded by Dallas donors, and it provides services to victims 
to address their unique needs. It helps them rebuild their lives.

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  Amanda now helps other trafficked victims become survivors instead of 
victims. We need more programs like this one, where survivors help each 
other.
  Now, through funding in the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, 
more services will be available to victims like Amanda. We can stop 
traffickers in their tracks because our children are not for sale, in 
our town, in our State, or in our country.
  And that is just the way it is.

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