[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8608]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    8-YEAR-OLD VICTIM OF SEX SLAVERY

  (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, it happened right under the entire 
community's nose: 8-year-old Jen--that is correct, 8 years old--was 
raped and tortured almost on a daily basis. Jen was not kidnapped by a 
stranger or abused by a relative. She was sold for sex by a neighbor at 
the neighbor's house. It was not just Jen who was sold for sex. It was 
also her younger sister, a male cousin, and a whole group of kids from 
her hometown of Norristown, Pennsylvania.
  She and her fellow victims were coerced into participating and 
keeping it a secret through an elaborate con of gifts and threats. No 
one ever went looking for Jen because she was not ever missing. From 3 
to 6 p.m., she was forced to have sex with strangers.
  The trafficking finally ended when she was about 10 years of age 
because the neighbor just disappeared.
  Mr. Speaker, sex slavery happens. As parents and grandparents, we 
need to know where our kids are because monsters that hurt victims must 
be prosecuted, both the sellers and the buyers, even if they are 
neighbors.
  The message is clear: Our children are not for sale. Leave them 
alone.
  And that is just the way it is.

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