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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 106 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 106 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 146 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2000 No. 126 Senate (Legislative day of Friday, September 22, 2000) The Senate met at 9:32 a.m. on the staffÐstopped in our tracks and really sion and debate off with thanking my expiration of the recess, and was called asked for Your help, You would inter- good friend and colleague, Senator to order by the President pro tempore vene and help this Senate achieve PAUL WELLSTONE. He and I have [Mr. THURMOND]. unity with both excellence and effi- worked together on this bill the entire The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The ciency? In our heart of hearts we know year. We have come at this from dif- Chaplain will now deliver the opening You would, and will, if we ask You with ferent points of view. I think we have prayer. a united voice of earnestness. Dear worked together and come up with an God, bless this Senate. We relinquish excellent proposal and package. I hope PRAYER our control and ask You to take for unanimous support from the Sen- The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John charge. It's hard to be willing, but we ate. Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: are willing to allow You to make us We got near that in the House, with The Psalmist gives us a timely word willing. You are our Lord and Saviour. a vote of 377±1. I have spoken with that for this pressured week, ``Cast your Amen. one person who deeply regrets voting burden on the Lord, and He will sustain f against us on this bill. It was actually you.''ÐPsalm 55:22. for another provision that was in the Let us pray. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE bill. This is an important piece of legis- Gracious God, we come to You with The Honorable MIKE CRAPO, a Sen- lation. our burdens. You know that we all ator from the State of Idaho, led the carry both personal and professional The sex trafficking victims legisla- Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: tion is here under a previous order, and burdens. Beneath the surface of studied I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the composure, we all have loved ones for there will be up to 7 hours of debate on United States of America, and to the Repub- the conference report we are going to whom we are concerned, friends who lic for which it stands, one nation under God, are troubled, and unresolved problems indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. discuss. Senator THOMPSON will raise a about which we find it difficult to stop f point of order against the report and is worrying. expected to appeal the ruling of the At many different levels, we feel the RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING Chair. Therefore, a vote on the appeal, tension of finishing the work of the MAJORITY LEADER as well as a vote on adoption of the 106th Congress. The election ap- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The conference report, is expected to occur proaches with additional burdens for Senator from Kansas is recognized. during this afternoon's session. The Senators running for reelection. Chal- f Senate will also consider the VA±HUD lenges here do not let up, and the prob- appropriations bill and the conference lems in the state mount up. Mean- SCHEDULE report to accompany the Agriculture while, peace of mind is up for grabs as Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, appropriations bill, with votes on both we struggle with differing agendas for today the Senate will begin debate on expected to occur prior to today's ad- the legislation before the Senate. the conference report to accompany journment. Lord, could it be that if we allÐRe- H.R. 3244, the sex trafficking victims I thank my colleagues for their at- publicans and Democrats, Senators and legislation. I want to start this discus- tention. N O T I C E Effective January 1, 2001, the subscription price of the Congressional Record will be $393 per year or $197 for six months. Individual issues may be purchased for $4.00 per copy. The cost for the microfiche edition will remain $141 per year with single copies remaining $1.50 per issue. This price increase is necessary based upon the cost of printing and distribution. Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer ∑ This ``bullet'' symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S10163 . VerDate 11-MAY-2000 03:06 Oct 12, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 8633 E:\CR\FM\A11OC6.000 pfrm01 PsN: S11PT1 S10164 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð SENATE October 11, 2000 RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME It happens every single day. Not just in tistics are difficult to assess. But the United The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Israel, which has deported nearly 1,500 Rus- Nations estimates that four million people sian and Ukrainian women like Irina in the throughout the world are trafficked each CRAPO). Under the previous order, lead- past three years. But throughout the world, yearÐforced through lies and coercion to ership time is reserved. where selling naive and desperate young work against their will in many types of ser- f women into sexual bondage has become one vitude. The International Organization for of the fastest-growing criminal enterprises Migration has said that as many as 500,000 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTEC- in the robust global economy. women are annually trafficked into Western TION ACT OF 2000ÐCONFERENCE . Many end up like Irina. Stunned and Europe alone. REPORT outraged by the sudden order to prostitute Many end up like Irina. Stunned and out- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- herself, she simply refused. She was beaten raged by the sudden order to prostitute her- ate will now proceed to the conference and raped before she succumbed. Finally she self, she simply refused. She was beaten and report accompanying H.R. 3244. got a break. The brothel was raided and she raped before she succumbed. Finally she got The clerk will report the conference was brought here [to another place], the only a break. The brothel was raided and she was women's prison in Israel. Now, like hundreds brought here to Neve Tirtsa in Ramle, the report. of Ukrainian and Russian women with no The legislative clerk read as follows: only women's prison in Israel. Now, like hun- documents or obvious forgeries, she is wait- dreds of Ukrainian and Russian women with The Committee of Conference on the dis- ing to be sent home. no documents or obvious forgeries, she is agreeing votes of the two Houses on the waiting to be sent home. amendment of the Senate on the bill, H.R. This is a quote from Irina: 3244, an act to combat trafficking of persons, ``I don't think the man who ruined my life ``I don't think the man who ruined my life especially into the sex trade, slavery, and will even be fined,'' she said softly, slow will even be fined,'' she said softly, slow slavery-like conditions, in the United States tears filling her enormous green eyes. ``You tears filling her enormous green eyes. ``You and countries around the world through pre- can call me a fool for coming here. That's can call me a fool for coming here. That's vention, through prosecution and enforce- my crime. I am stupid. A stupid girl from a my crime. I am stupid. A stupid girl from a ment against traffickers, and through pro- little village. But can people really buy and little village. But can people really buy and tection and assistance to victims of traf- sell women and get away with it? Sometimes sell women and get away with it? Sometimes ficking, having met, have agreed that the I sit here and ask myself if that really hap- I sit here and ask myself if that really hap- House recede from its disagreement to the pened to me, if it can really happen at all.'' pened to me, if it can really happen at all.'' amendment of the Senate, and agree to the Then, waving her arm toward a muddy Then, waving her arm toward the muddy same with an amendment, and the Senate prison yard, where Russian is spoken more prison yard, where Russian is spoken more agree to the same, signed by a majority of commonly than Hebrew, she whispered one commonly than Hebrew, she whispered one the conferees on the part of both Houses. last thought: ``I am not the only one, you last thought: ``I'm not the only one, you The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- know. They have ruined us all.'' know. They have ruined us all.'' ate will proceed to the consideration of I ask unanimous consent to have TRAFFIC PATTERNS: RUSSIA AND UKRAINE the conference report. printed in the RECORD the full text of SUPPLY THE FLESH (The report was printed in the House this article. Centered in Moscow and the Ukrainian proceedings of the RECORD of October 5, There being no objection, the mate- capital, Kiev, the networks trafficking 2000.) rial was ordered to be printed in the women run east to Japan and Thailand, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- RECORD, as follows: where thousands of young Slavic women now È work against their will as prostitutes, and ator from Kansas is recognized. TRAFFICKERS' NEW CARGO: NAIVE SLAVIC west to the Adriatic Coast and beyond. The Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I WOMEN routes are controlled by Russian crime gangs believe under the uniform unanimous (By Michael Specter) consent agreement that we have, time based in Moscow.
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