Bob Menendez: “I come to the floor today to get this body to act in the face of one of the most heinous forms of exploitation on the…”

“I come to the floor today to get this body to act in the face of one of the most heinous forms of exploitation on the planet, which is human trafficking. The year is almost over; the Congress is coming to a close; we are running out of time; and the Senate still has not passed the Menendez- Risch International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, which was reported out of the Foreign Relations Committee by voice vote over 5 months ago. Therefore, as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar No. 407, S. 4171. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 4171) to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022.''. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. TITLE I--COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD Sec. 101. United States support for integration of anti-trafficking in persons interventions in multilateral development banks. Sec. 102.…”