Sam Brownback: “Last year we passed a bill on the issue of sex trafficking. It was ground-breaking legislation for this body…”

“Last year we passed a bill on the issue of sex trafficking. It was ground-breaking legislation for this body, ground-breaking legislation for around the world. Its effort and focus was to get at the people who are trafficking, generally, young women and children for the purposes of prostitution. It is a global phenomenon. About 700,000 are trafficked to different places from different countries around the world each year, about 50,000 into the United States. We increased the penalties for people who are involved in trafficking. We have an annual report coming out from the Government-- the first one came out this year. It was citing the problems of trafficking taking place. The colloquy we are entering into today is to get the initial office up and running at the State Department and intends for funding in the foreign operations bill.”