Washington, April 24 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following press release:
Congress is putting parties aside to extend the bipartisan protection and prevention of human trafficking in the United States.
The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act has been stalled in the House since February 2025.
But Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and Rep. Kwesi Mfume, D-Md., are now calling for more education to prevent human trafficking, increased funding to support victims, and stronger guardrails to combat trafficking abroad.
"Survivors told us clearly that healing doesn't end when someone exits a trafficking situation-it's just the beginning," Smith said at a press conference on Thursday. "They asked for sa...