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On the recordFebruary 23, 2015
Nearly 150 years after the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, this scourge is alive and well in the United States.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Cornyn notes the ongoing issue of slavery in the form of trafficking.

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