Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am pleased to be on the floor this morning to thank and to support my colleagues, Senator Portman and Senator Nelson, who have led the effort here before us, an effort that would end sex trafficking over the internet or certainly work to reduce it. As we think about the scourge that is brought upon our children through a means and a way--we like to think of the internet as a powerful tool, but to know that it can be a powerful tool that truly is devastating to our children and devastating to our families calls for action. So I am pleased to be able to join my colleagues today in urging passage of the sex trafficking bill that we have before the Senate. I think we all know there are many, many reasons why we need to deter the use of internet resources by predators. The wisdom of this is pretty apparent on its face. This legislation is for the protection of our children--the most vulnerable among us. I have an additional reason for urging the adoption of this legislation, and that is the protection of Native women and girls from predators. I have been talking about the trafficking of Native women and girls for as long as I have been here in the Senate--now some 15 years. At first, the evidence was perhaps anecdotal. FBI agents who were familiar with trafficking patterns would come to us, and they would say that Alaska Native women were a highly desirable commodity.…”