I think it was a question of political correctness and nobody wanted to say anything.

I especially want to thank Cindy McCain who will be testifying today for helping to raise the awareness of the problem of sex trafficking.

The bill also provides nearly $14.25 million for grants to help victims of trafficking and $67 million for missing and exploited children programs.

If you do not close down backpage.com, you can have all the hearings in the world. It is not going to--you can treat the symptoms, but you will not solve the problem.

Many have called human trafficking the slavery issue of our time and ending this insidious criminal activity will require the same doggedness that Wilberforce exhibited.

the time has come for our country to think anew about, not just in the Federal system, but in the State system too.

How do the people who own backpage.com, how do they live with themselves?

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