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On the recordDecember 17, 2015
Mr. President, before the Senator from Tennessee leaves the floor, I wish to thank him. Among many other issues he has dealt with on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Banking Committee, he has done great work on this issue. He is absolutely right about the scourge of human trafficking and how we need to do more--not just here at home but internationally--to try to break it up and rescue some of these children. Often the typical profile of a trafficked person in the United States is a young girl 12 to 14 years old. It is a travesty. I thank him for his great work and congratulate him. ____________________
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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