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On the recordNovember 30, 2011
These victims have survived horrifying abuses that few people in this room can even imagine. These atrocities are simply despicable, almost unspeakable.
Said by
Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings describes the severe abuses faced by trafficking victims.

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