“Joan Sebastian Guerrero should still be alive.”
“This President needs guardrails, not a blank check”
“I cannot vote to fund an illegal war with no justification, no set goal, and no exit strategy.”
“This cannot be acceptable in America.”
“Federal investment like this can transform lives and economies.”
“Anyone responsible for wrongdoing must be held accountable.”

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On the recordOctober 4, 2011
We would not sit idly by and passively underwrite this pernicious form of human trafficking known as child conscription.
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Jeff Fortenberry
Republican · Nebraska
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Fortenberry condemns child conscription as a form of human trafficking.

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