WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. John Cornyn issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the following statements after their Enduring Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, which would correct a technical error in existing statute and permanently extend a criminal penalty requiring certain offenders found guilty of human trafficking and abuse to pay a special assessment fine that would go towards the Domestic Trafficking Victims Fund operated by the Department of Justice (DOJ), passed the Senate:
"It is only right and just for vile predators who are guilty of trafficking, abuse, and exploitation to be penalized and held accountable for the unimaginable pain they inflicted on innocent ...