WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) lauded the Senate's unanimous passage of their Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, which would enable survivors of human trafficking to have nonviolent offenses that they were forced to commit vacated and expunged. The legislation also unanimously passed the House earlier this month and now goes to President Trump for his signature. Senator Gillibrand fought for this bill for nearly a decade.
"The passage of my Trafficking Survivors Relief Act through Congress is an enormous milestone in the effort to support victims of human trafficking and help them reestablish their lives," said Sen...