Cramer Calls on Senate to Pass Human Trafficking Bill

Statement

Today, Congressman Kevin Cramer called on Democrats in the U.S. Senate to put aside partisan politics and immediately pass the Human Trafficking Bill. It has been nearly three months since the U.S. House of Representatives passed a series of twelve bills to combat human trafficking. Congressman Cramer was a co-sponsor of six of these bills (Co-Sponsorship listed below).

To date the U.S. Senate has failed to pass any legislation to address this issue.

"It appalls me to see Senate Democrats putting their insistence on federal funding for abortions ahead of protecting exploited girls and women. It makes me wonder who Harry Reid is really protecting. The recent case in Minot, ND of a 14 year old girl trafficked from Las Vegas, NV shows North Dakota isn't immune from this problem and the U.S. Senate needs to act now!," said Cramer.

"As majority leader the last four years, Harry Reid stonewalled several pieces of legislation which could have saved young girls and women from the flourishing sex slave trade. Now twelve bills, passed by an average of 99% in the U.S. House to combat this epidemic fall victim to another Senate Democrats' filibuster while thousands of girls fall victim to the pimps and sex traffickers.

As a $32 billion a year industry, human trafficking is second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable form of international crime. The Department of Homeland Security estimates more than 20 million victims exist worldwide.

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