{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://royce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=360331", "Congressional Hearing At Cal State Fullerton Looks At Human Trafficking by Ron Kilgore for CBS News", "2013-11-04", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Edward Royce", "R000487", "royce.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Human trafficking is an underreported problem both in Southern California and globally, the Orange County district attorney testified at a congressional hearing Monday.\r\n          share:\r\n          f \r\n          t \r\n        \r\n      \r\n      Human trafficking is an underreported problem both in Southern California and globally, the Orange County district attorney testified at a congressional hearing Monday.\r\nThe hearing at the Cal State Fullerton to address the issue of modern-day slavery was called by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs,\u00a0 chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton).\r\n\u201cHuman exploitation and trafficking generally comes in two forms: forced labor, which we believe is highly underreported, and commercial sexual exploitation,\u201d Orange County Dist. Atty. Tony Rackauckas said.   \r\nThe average sex slave is 12 years old, according to Rackauckas.\r\nRoyce told KNX 1070\u2032s Ron Kilgore that education is one preventive measure.\r\n\u201cIn the schools, create awareness,\u201d Royce said. \u201cSo that 12-year-old, 13-year-old girls understand that sometimes when these Romeos approach them and say, \u2018Hey let\u2019s leave the community, you come with me\u2019 they have some inkling of what could be down the road.\u201d\r\nRoyce also said a crackdown on international labor brokers would help to address the growing problem.", 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://royce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=360331"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8932671044021845, "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"}