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Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 -- Continued

Floor Speech

Date: April 22, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care Criminal Justice

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Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I rise in favor of the Cassidy-Peters
amendment.

I am a physician who has been working in a public hospital for 30
years. I am aware the following is true: 90 percent of victims in a
recent survey saw a nurse or doctor or other health care professional
while being held captive.

If those health care workers had the training and tools to identify
the signs and symptoms of those being trafficked, they can make the
appropriate referral and help them escape that terrible existence.

This amendment will provide for the development of best practices to
enable health care workers to recognize and assist victims of human
trafficking.

If passed today, this will help women and children in Louisiana,
Michigan, and across the Nation rebuild their lives.

I thank Senator Peters for joining this effort, and I urge my
colleagues to support this bipartisan amendment.

Mr. President, I yield back the remainder of my time.

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