Neil Abercrombie: “I only have 30 seconds here, and this is all I ask of all the Members: Let us not confuse trafficking with terrorism. I…”

“I only have 30 seconds here, and this is all I ask of all the Members: Let us not confuse trafficking with terrorism. I understand how they can be concerned about that and why they are trying to do their best. Nobody gainsays them that. But in the process, we are destroying the opportunity or standing the chance of destroying the opportunity to make the necessary differentiations, especially where trafficking is concerned. There are over 50,000, by the State Department's estimation, people who are essentially made slaves today in the United States, who are trafficked, and they could display exactly the same sense of demeanor and the other characteristics that the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) has been discussing, and the other persons who are opposed to it. Please give the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) an opportunity with this amendment so we can make certain that we do not make that confusion.”