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On the recordSeptember 18, 2017
Last month, Senators Portman and Blumenthal introduced the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 with a bipartisan group of more than 20 cosponsors.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Thune highlights the bipartisan support for the anti-trafficking legislation.

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