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WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Ann Wagner (MO-02) and Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51) introduced the Fight Illicit Networks and Detect (FIND) Trafficking Act of 2019 (H.R. 502). This bipartisan bill would require the Comptroller General of the United States to study how virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to facilitate sex or drug trafficking and propose regulatory and legislative actions to put an end to these illicit activities.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-02) released the following statement after she joined President Donald J. Trump at the White House as he signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-2), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Joe Crowley (D-NY-14), and Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, lauded final passage Wednesday of bipartisan legislation that will strengthen America's global leadership in preventing mitigating and responding to genocides and human rights atrocities wherever they may occur. The bill is expected to be signed into law by President Trump.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Congressman Tony Cardenas (D-CA) and Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) praised final passage of the Stop, Observe, Ask and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Training Program (H.R. 767) today on a 386 to 6 vote, a measure to provide training to health care professionals on identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking.
Congresswoman Wagner made the following statement:
Washington, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) introduced the Child and Dependent Care Modernization Act of 2018 to help alleviate some of the financial burdens that come with child and dependent care. Congresswoman Wagner previously spoke on the House Floor about the need for this legislation.
Ballwin, MO – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) released the following statement in response to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and the inclusion of the Wagner Language to uphold her law, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), in the renegotiated text.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) and Congresswoman Karen Bass (CA-37) introduced the Stop Gendercide Act of 2018 to research the effect of gendercide on human trafficking.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) applauded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Record of Decision which lays out a permanent solution to clean up the radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton. You can watch today's West Lake Landfill Superfund Site Record of Decision Signing, including the Congresswoman's remarks, here. Photographs from today's signing are also attached.
Washington, D.C. – Today Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) released the following statement applauding the United States Air Force and Boeing's T-X contract award announcement. The program office, engineering, and final assembly line for the Boeing T-X will be based in St. Louis, sustaining more than 1,800 estimated jobs.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 6729, the Empowering Financial Institutions To Fight Human Trafficking Act Of 2018, introduced by Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02). The legislation would improve information sharing between non-profit organizations that work closely with trafficking victims and financial institutions, in order to help the financial industry better identify and respond to human trafficking activity.