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Benjamin Cardin
@benjamincardin· Democratic · MD· Jun 10, 2013

We hear the numbers and statistics. We are shocked by the statistics, but, until you see a face and you recognize that each one of those numbers is a person whose life has been changed forever, it is hard to really visualize the extent of…

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Benjamin Cardin
@benjamincardin· Democratic · MD· Jun 10, 2013

Without law enforcement having the training that they need on trafficking--if a law enforcement officer is not trained on what trafficking is, they are going to say that a girl is a prostitute and she is a throw-away.

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Benjamin Cardin
@benjamincardin· Democratic · MD· Jun 10, 2013

I testified against my traffickers. I put six traffickers away, two of them for 25 years, because I had the proper support system of law enforcement and case managers.

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Benjamin Cardin
@benjamincardin· Democratic · MD· Jun 10, 2013

I could not agree more. Asia has described human trafficking as the seminal human rights issue.

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Benjamin Cardin
@benjamincardin· Democratic · MD· Jun 10, 2013

Well, you have done a great job here. I am glad that you are here, and thank you very much for your commitment to change our system.

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Benjamin Cardin
@benjamincardin· Democratic · MD· Jun 10, 2013

Our credibility is affected because we have not done enough locally, so we need to take care of our own business here at home.

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Benjamin Cardin
@benjamincardin· Democratic · MD· Jun 5, 2013

Thank you for your willingness to serve the public. We appreciate it.

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Benjamin Cardin
@benjamincardin· Democratic · MD· Jun 5, 2013

In trade agreements, you have opportunities that are not available at other times.

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Benjamin Cardin
@benjamincardin· Democratic · MD· Jun 5, 2013

I think we have been able to make tremendous strides for the countries when we have them at the negotiating tables.

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Benjamin Cardin
@benjamincardin· Democratic · MD· Jun 5, 2013

Would you be committed to advancing, the best that we can, the acceleration of these tariffs, which would certainly help U.S. manufacturers?

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Jun 5, 2013

We're a little sick and tired of this idea that only the people on the Intelligence Committees are briefed on this.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Jun 5, 2013

Perhaps other members of Congress should be briefed on this because, Anderson, they're being blindsided by all of this right now.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Jun 5, 2013

that the people on the other side are going to treat them fairly and with courtesy.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Jun 5, 2013

I swear to God, I have looked at that video over and over again, and I swear, I do not see the redeeming value.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Jun 5, 2013

there are moments in life that are placed there to actually become a movement, a moment to a movement.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Jun 5, 2013

I consider it legislative malpractice that if we don't, at some point, look at why, from 2007 to 2008 conferences, the price of conferences doubled.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Jun 5, 2013

I think we have a moment here where we have seen so much that needs to be corrected.

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