At a Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) tells a judicial nominee that about 75 percent of the money Congress appropriated for groups that aid trafficking victims, about $130 million, has been withheld. The nominee starts to answer that he will follow federal grant law, and Blumenthal cuts in to ask his question first.
The receipt
- Who
- Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Where
- hearing - Senate Judiciary Committee, nomination of Arthur Kleinschmidt for Assi
- Original footage
- Forbes Breaking News · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 60 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
you must be aware that the Trump administration has allowed about $190 million in anti -human trafficking grants to laps, and it has withheld about 75 percent of money appropriated by the United States Congress for groups that aid victims of human trafficking. It's about 130 million that should be going to support human trafficking survivors and strengthen law enforcement's ability to fight trafficking crime, which President Trump has called a quote unquote scourge and you agree that it's a bad thing. Well, Senator, if I'm confirmed, I'm going to follow all federal laws regarding grant implementation. So I very much take serious the victims of well, let me ask the question if you don't mind Before you provide an answer.
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