06/04/2012
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"I just want to highlight the trauma-informed care, because these girls--and largely girls, but not exclusively--have all been victims of trauma."
"I believe that the qualitative and systemic flaws in our current foster care system are among the factors that make girls in the foster care system so vulnerable to traffickers."
"Congress needs to send clear, unambiguous signals to State child welfare agencies that they cannot abdicate their responsibilities that they owe to these young women."
"Without the President's active leadership and public support for TPA, it is hard to see how our current efforts to renew Trade Promotion Authority can succeed."