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HV Congressman's Anti-Human Trafficking Bill Passes House

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The House of Representatives has passed a bill sponsored by a New York congressman to combat human trafficking.

Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney’s bipartisan Human Trafficking Prevention Act unanimously passed the House Monday. The legislation enables the training of Foreign Service officers working overseas at U.S. embassies to identify victims before they are trafficked into the United States. Here’s Maloney on the House floor prior to the bill’s passage.

“In the Hudson Valley, we’ve seen it in Newburgh, in Poughkeepsie, places like Wappingers Falls, places like New Windsor and even small villages like Pound Ridge,” Maloney says.

He also pointed to recent arrests in Albany County concerning a prostitution ring.

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