For the Reporter

U.S. Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA) chaired the “Our Daughters Are Not For Sale” event with Congressman Rick Nolan (D-MN), and Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today in Washington, D.C.

The event was hosted by Google and the Human Rights Project for Girls to highlight the complex issue of domestic child sex trafficking and urge those in attendance to mobilize in order to protect our most vulnerable children from becoming involved in this travesty.

The event chairs and other members of Congress who participated in the event also formally signed a resolution they will be submitting into both the House of Representatives and the Senate that expresses that those who have been trafficked must be considered and treated as victims who need our help and support.

Following the conclusion of the event, he released the following statement:

“We must succeed,” Reichert said. “This issue of child sex trafficking is too big and too evil to ignore. The risks for our foster children, in particular, are far too high. Not only do we have to change the conversation to recognize these children as victims, we must also take action.

“As chairman of the Human Resources subcommittee I will take that action, and I look forward to introducing legislation soon to address and prevent sex trafficking of foster youth. We need something that will take decisive action and make a difference.”