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On the recordOctober 22, 2013
It is very easy and comfortable to think that sex trafficking happens only outside the United States, but the truth is that the exploitation of our children happens every day all across the country and even in our own backyards.
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Erik Paulsen
Republican · Minnesota

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Paulsen emphasizes the prevalence of sex trafficking in the U.S.

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