Political Quotes

“More must be done to assist these children, these children who are victims, not criminals, and need our help. We know that no single system can successfully combat trafficking. Preventing, identifying, and serving victims of trafficking requires a multicoordinated approach across all levels of government. We need to encourage all people, when they see something, say something. Currently, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children operates a CyberTipline, which receives leads and tips regarding suspected crimes of sexual exploitation committed against children. More than 2.3 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation have been made to the CyberTipline between 1998 and March of this year. In identifying the types of sexual exploitation that should be reported to the CyberTipline, current law does not specifically mention ``child sex trafficking'' as one of its reporting categories, even though the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children encounters child victims of sex trafficking and currently uses this term on its Web site in order to encourage the public's reporting of these types of crimes. Instead, the statute uses the term ``child prostitution,'' which we know does not fully and accurately capture these types of crimes against children. My bill would add the phrase ``child sex trafficking,'' including ``child prostitution'' to the section b(1)(p) of the Missing Children's Assistance Act.…”