Political Quotes

“A study of ads placed in this year's Super Bowl in Phoenix concludes that 65 percent of the ads placed on Backpage's Phoenix Web site around the weekend of the game had indicators that the ad was for a victim of sex trafficking. Simply put, there are Internet companies that are profiting off the rape and abuse of children. This must stop. One way we can combat sex trafficking over the Internet is to make it a crime for a person such as the owner of a Web site to knowingly advertise a commercial sex act with a minor. As I said, Senator Kirk and I have introduced such an amendment. It would create a new offense of knowingly advertising a commercial sex act with a minor on the Internet. The amendment is identical to a House bill that has 52 cosponsors and passed that Chamber by voice vote. If we come to a point where we are voting on amendments to Senator Cornyn's bill, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I know Senator Kirk and I would bring it to the floor. Last October, 53 attorneys general offered a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the bill that Senator Kirk and I introduced last June that is similar to the amendment. This is the list of the attorneys general. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the letter of 53 attorneys general. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: National Association of Attorneys General, Washington, DC, October 20, 2014. Hon.…”