Barbara Boxer: “I think the Trafficking Victims Protection Act sort of stands on its own. I would love to have seen that come on its own…”

“I think the Trafficking Victims Protection Act sort of stands on its own. I would love to have seen that come on its own because it is a landmark piece of legislation. I felt the same way about the Violence Against Women Act. That is a landmark piece of legislation. Unfortunately, I think we have issues and pieces of legislation that shouldn't be in here. But that is the way it goes. How you would ever get to the point where you would put an issue that deals with sales of wine on the Internet is beyond me. I don't think people really get what we do here when we take these issues and blend them together. But let's call it the way it is. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the Violence Against Women Act are so important that Members are willing to say, even if they didn't agree with all the appendages, they are willing to go along with them.”