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Elijah Cummings: “If our goal is to analyze these grants in a responsible manner, we cannot ignore the voices of these human trafficking…”

On the recordNovember 30, 2011
If our goal is to analyze these grants in a responsible manner, we cannot ignore the voices of these human trafficking victims, many of whom are very young women who have been exploited and raped by their persecutors.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings emphasizes the importance of including victims' voices in grant analysis.

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