Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. Today on the floor U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) urged the Senate to hold Backpage.com accountable for not complying with requests from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyns remarks are below and video of his speech can be found here.
Backpage has refused to comply with the subpoena request from the Subcommittee. We all know that sex trafficking is a heinous evil practice. And we should not and we will not tolerate it." In 2012 I sponsored an amendment to the Violence Against Women Act that included a Sense of Congress demanding that the owners of Backpage.com remove the adult services section of their website. And last year this Chamber passed theJustice for Victims of Trafficking Act signed into law by President Obama in the spring." Todays resolution is another opportunity for the Senate to stand up for the victims of human trafficking." I want to thank the Chairman of the Subcommittee Senator Portman from Ohio whos been working tirelessly to highlight this issue and bring it to the Senates full attention. Im grateful for his bipartisan efforts and strong leadership and look forward to voting Yes on the resolution later today."Senator John Cornyn a Republican from Texas is a member of the Senate Judiciary and Finance Committees.
