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Donald M. Payne: “We hope that, as has been indicated, that we will be able to deal with modern-day slavery. We have problems in our…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2008
We hope that, as has been indicated, that we will be able to deal with modern-day slavery. We have problems in our country today where people are being brought in from eastern Europe and other areas where they are being exploited, and we need to really be more vigilant about wiping some of these terrible practices away. And so, we hope that this commission will focus not only on the past, deal with the present, but also deal with the future.
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Donald M. Payne
New Jersey

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Discussing legislation to address modern-day slavery and human trafficking.

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