[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1352]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




THE JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING ACT--CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE FOR 
                       HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Brooke was a victim of human 
trafficking and child pornography at the age of 7. The nanny was 
selling Brooke on the marketplace of sex slavery in the United States. 
A small child sold for sex in the United States is shameful.
  Brooke was scared, feeling alone, and didn't tell anyone about her 
plight. No one spoke about sex trafficking then. But sex slavery has 
been going on in the United States for a long time, women and children 
forced into this scourge.
  Brooke, with the help of her mother, has spoken out against this 
evil.
  Congress has also spoken out. Congress passed a law last year that 
will change the way we address human trafficking in the United States.
  The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act will provide and ensure 
that America provides grants to rescue and restore survivors like 
Brooke, grants to educate the public, law enforcement, doctors, and 
educators to identify, prevent, and prosecute human trafficking.
  Monsters that hurt victims will be prosecuted, the sellers and the 
buyers. Most importantly, the victims of slavery will be rescued, 
restored, and treated as victims of crime.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress has said that our children are not for sale.
  And that is just the way it is.

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