| 00:00:00 | NATIONAL TRAGEDY. |
| 00:00:02 | UP TO 300,000 CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTRY ARE ENSLAVED SEXUALLY. |
| 00:00:08 | THE NUMBER RAIS ANYWHERE FROM 100,000 - 300,000. |
| 00:00:20 | I ATTEMPT TO U. |
| 00:00:23 | S. ATTORNEYS. I SPOKE TO THE FBI -- I TALKED TO U. |
| 00:00:27 | S. ATTORNEYS. |
| 00:00:28 | I TALKED TO THE CEO OF CRAIGSLIST. |
| 00:00:30 | I TALKED TO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN, AND I TALKED TO MANY VICTIMS. |
| 00:00:37 | ONE VICTIM WHEN I ASKED, HOW MANY TIMES WERE YOU FORCED TO DO THIS TODAY? |
| 00:00:43 | M, SAID A MINIMUM OF 10, A MAXIMUM OF 15 TIMES A DAY. |
| 00:00:51 | SHE WAS 17 YEARS OF AGE. |
| 00:00:53 | TO PUT VERY SIMPLY, HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. |
| 00:00:57 | IT IS NOT JUST IN HOUSTON. |
| 00:00:59 | IT IS IN A GLANCE AT, SAN FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, NEW YORK. |
| 00:01:05 | -- IT IS IN ATLANTA, SAN FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, AND THE YORK. |
| 00:01:16 | THERE ARE REASONS. |
| 00:01:17 | FIRST, THE INTERNET. |
| 00:01:23 | TODAY, PERPETRATORS HIDE BEHIND THEIR PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND HAVE A CHILD AT THEIR DOORSTEP WITH A CLICK OF A BUTTON. |
| 00:01:35 | BETWEEN 2004, 2008, CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING COMPLAINTS ORIGINATING FROM THE INTERNET ACTUALLY GREW BY 1000%. |
| 00:01:43 | AND THAT IS JUST THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, NOT THE TOTAL VOLUME. |
| 00:01:49 | IN FACT, ESTIMATES ARE THAT ON CRAIGSLIST ALONE THERE ARE MORE THAN 3. |
| 00:01:54 | 2 MILLION POSTS ON THE ADULT SERVICES SECTION A YEAR. |
| 00:01:59 | AND THIS SECTION HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN VERY RECENTLY, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN APPRECIATION OF HOW WIDESPREAD THIS IS. |
| 00:02:09 | FURTHER, WEBSITES ARE IMMUNE FROM BEING HELD LIABLE FOR THESE CRIMES. |
| 00:02:13 | IN AN EFFORT TO SPARK INNOVATION, CONGRESS PASSED THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT IN 1996. |
| 00:02:20 | TODAY, WEB SITES ESCAPE LIABILITY WHEN AN AD ON THEIR SITE RESULTS IN CHILD PROSTITUTION, RAPE, OR EVEN DEATH. |
| 00:02:31 | I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVE OF CRAIGSLIST IS YOUR PERIOD DAUGHTER IS A CONSTITUENT IN MY DISTRICT. |
| 00:02:39 | SO I RECOGNIZE FULL WELL WHAT WE ARE TAKING ON HERE. |
| 00:02:42 | THINLY DISGUISED ADS ON CRAIGSLIST RECEIVED THREE TIMES THE RESPONSE. |
| 00:02:54 | WHEN THEY SAY, LOOK TO THE OTHER SIDES, REMEMBER THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THE 800 POUND GORILLA IN THE INDUSTRY OF SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN. |
| 00:03:03 | RECENT REPORTS SPECULATE THAT THE ADVERTISEMENTS THAT PREVIOUSLY APPEARED IN ADULT SERVICES SECTIONS WILL MIGRATE TO OTHER PORTIONS OF THE SIDE. |
| 00:03:12 | LET THE COMPANY NOT FORGET THAT CONTROL THE ACTIVITIES OF THEIR SIGHT. |
| 00:03:17 | IF THEY ARE TRULY COMMITTED, THEY WILL EXERCISE DUE DILIGENCE. |
| 00:03:20 | THAT SAID, CRAIGSLIST IS NOT A LONE WOLF. |
| 00:03:29 | REDBOOK. |
| 00:03:30 | COM IS EQUALLY AS HORRIFIC. |
| 00:03:36 | WE MUST CONSIDER A RESPONSE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. |
| 00:03:41 | CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING HAS BEEN DECRIMINALIZED WE PASSED TOUGH LAWS AND THEN THEY SIT ON THE SHELVES. |
| 00:03:48 | EVEN THOUGH THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT IMPOSES A LIFETIME SENTENCE ON THOSE CONVICTED OF TRAFFICKING, IT IS RARELY USED IN PROSECUTIONS. |
| 00:03:58 | WE SHOULD ALL ASK THE QUESTION, WHY IS IT? |
| 00:04:02 | DURING A SEVEN YEAR PERIOD, 60% OF CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES PRESENTED TO THE U. |
| 00:04:10 | S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 60% HAVE BEEN DECLINED PROSECUTION. |
| 00:04:15 | MEANWHILE, IN CONTRAST, JUST 15% OF DRUG TRAFFICKING AND 26% OF WEAPONS CHARGES WERE DECLINED. |
| 00:04:24 | WHY THE DISPARITY? |
| 00:04:26 | OUR PRIORITIES ARE CLEARLY OUT OF BALANCE AND PERPETRATORS ARE TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE. |
| 00:04:31 | IN FACT, A PIMP SELLING FOUR CHILDREN CAN EARN OVER $600,000 A YEAR. |
| 00:04:42 | TODAY, WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE A PERSON IS MORE LIKELY TO GO TO JAIL FOR SELLING MARIJUANA THAN FOR SELLING A CHILD IN SEX. |
| 00:04:52 | IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE MY DISTRICT IS LOCATED, ONLY ONE FBI AGENT IS ASSIGNED TO WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| 00:05:01 | THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE NAME OF CURTAILING SEX TRAFFICKING. |
| 00:05:05 | FURTHER, THE INABILITY TO BRING TRAFFICKING TO JUSTICE IS DIRECTLY TIED TO INADEQUATE VICTIMS SERVICES. |
| 00:05:12 | CORALS WERE RESCUED FROM PROSTITUTION TYPICALLY COME FROM -- AND GIRLS WHO ARE ARRESTED FOR PROSTITUTION TYPICALLY COME FROM AN ABUSIVE HOUSEHOLD. |
| 00:05:26 | VICTIMS WERE RARELY REPORT THE IDENTITY OF THEIR TRAFFICKER BECAUSE THEY FEAR RETALIATION. |
| 00:05:33 | THESE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED. |
| 00:05:35 | THEY HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED. |
| 00:05:36 | THEY HAVE BEEN ABANDONED. |
| 00:05:39 | AND THEY NEED SPECIALIZED SERVICES AND RESOURCES FOR A SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY. |
| 00:05:43 | IT IS A TRAVESTY THAT ONLY FIVE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES SPECIFIC TO THIS POPULATION EXIST ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:05:52 | CONGRESSWOMAN MALONE;'S'S BILL IS IMPORTANT, BUT THE MONEY SHOULD BE INCREASED TENFOLD. |
| 00:06:02 | AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING UP THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. |
| 00:06:05 | >> THANK YOU. |
| 00:06:08 | >> CHAIRMAN SCOTT, AND RANKING MEMBER TONY HAYWARD,JUDGE GOHMERT, THANK YOU FOR A HOLDING THIS HEARING. |
| 00:06:18 | WE'RE ONLY BEGINNING TO HEAR ABOUT THE SEX TRAFFICKING THAT PREYS ON OUR CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 00:06:24 | AS CO-CHAIR OF THE VICTIMS OF RIGHTS |
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