Political Quotes

“I would like to talk today about the criminal act of sex trafficking. Today we introduced legislation that is incredibly important to combating sex trafficking. The Senate also passed a resolution today by unanimous consent to provide information to the Justice Department that comes out of an investigation that we did in the U.S. Senate regarding sex trafficking. This is an important day in pushing back. Let me talk about this for a second in personal terms. Imagine, if you will, that your daughter is missing. You do everything you can do to find her. Finally, you see her picture on the internet, and she is being sold for sex. That may sound like a horror movie to you, but it is very real. Unfortunately, it is happening across our country. Families in Ohio and in your State have experienced this nightmare situation. Let me tell you about Kubiiki Pride. Kubiiki Pride gave powerful testimony before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in the Senate. Ms. Pride said her daughter had been missing for 9 months when she found her picture on the top website for commercial sex activity--backpage.com. She was actually glad to have found her daughter. So she called backpage.com and said: That is my daughter. She has been missing for 9 months. She is 14 years old. Thank you for taking down the ad. Backpage.com said to her: Did you pay for the ad? She said: No. It is my 14-year-old daughter. They said: We are not going to take down the ad. You didn't pay for it.…”