{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://hultgren.house.gov//newsroom/press-releases/hultgren-to-host-human-trafficking-forum-in-geneva", "Hultgren to Host Human Trafficking Forum in Geneva", "2014-10-03", "2014", "2014-10", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Randy Hultgren", "H001059", "hultgren.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2014 U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) today announced he will host a forum on Thursday, October 23 to help educate the public and raise awareness about \u00a0sex trafficking and exploitation and the dangers they pose to our community, region, and world. It is estimated that 21 million people worldwide are victims of this form of modern slavery. Of those, more than 100,000 children in the United States and, in greater Chicago, between 16,000 and 25,000 women and girls, are estimated to be exploited by sex trafficking each year.\n\u201cHuman trafficking, and especially sex slavery, is a particularly insidious crime because it targets the youngest and most vulnerable in society,\u201d said Rep. Hultgren. \u201cIt isn\u2019t isolated to distant lands far from our shores; it is happening right here in the United States, in Chicago, and increasingly in our own communities. It is critical to understand the extent of the problem in order to confront it and determine how each of us can play a role in successfully combatting it. That is the purpose of this forum.\u201d\nRep. Hultgren has made combating modern day slavery a priority as a member of the Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus.\u00a0 His actions to date in 2014:\n Rep. Hultgren introduced H.R. 4703, a bill which would urge nations to recognize the link between prostitution and its impact on human trafficking.\n\tHe hosted a presentation for Members of Congress and their staffs on the root causes that fuel sex slavery, and what can be done to stop human trafficking.\n\tHe was selected as a member of the Congressional Human Trafficking Task Force to produce legislation to combat international and domestic trafficking, while protecting and helping victims.\n\tHe was a featured panelist at the Celebrating Life Unity Breakfast hosted by Patriots United which addressed human trafficking\u2019s threat to Illinois\u2019 communities.\n\tIn 2013, he hosted a screening for Members of Congress and their staff of\u00a0Nefarious: Merchant of Souls, a documentary featuring former victims and traffickers.\n\tHe has co-sponsored the Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013 (H.R. 3344), the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (H.R. 3530), and is an original co-sponsor of H.Con.Res. 66, a House Resolution urging that children trafficked in the United States be treated as victims of crime, and not as perpetrators.\n WHAT:\n14th Congressional District Forum on Human Trafficking\nWHO:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\nCongressman Randy Hultgren (IL-14)\nVick Lombardo, Brian Dugan, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Chicago Regional Office\nAlison Bell, World Relief and DuPage/Aurora representative on the Illinois Human Trafficking Task Force\nNancy Allen, Human Trafficking Freedom Coalition of Northern Illinois\nAdditional participants\nWHEN:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\nThursday, October 23, 2014\n6:30 p.m. \u2013 8:30 p.m. CT\n\u00a0\nWHERE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\nKane County Government Center\n719 S. Batavia Ave.\nGeneva, IL\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://hultgren.house.gov//newsroom/press-releases/hultgren-to-host-human-trafficking-forum-in-geneva"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7883789949119091, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}