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WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) released the following statement after reading the report released by the Missouri House Investigative Committee on Oversight:
Internet safety activists and anti-sex trafficking advocates are jubilant over the Senate's passage of the FOSTA SESTA bill, calling it a "David and Goliath victory" against tech companies and traffickers.
The upper chamber overwhelmingly passed H.R. 1865 which is sometimes called FOSTA-SESTA — Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act-Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act — in a vote of 97–2 Wednesday.
WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) released the following statement after the United States Senate passed H.R. 1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA). Today's vote came after a 388 to 25 vote for passage in the United States House of Representatives on February 27th.
WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) released the following statement after a federal court tossed out the Obama-era Department of Labor (DOL) fiduciary rule:
WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) released the following statement after United States Senate passage of S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act:
WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) released the following statement after today's White House roundtable on the fight to end human trafficking and her bill, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA):
WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02), House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and bill cosponsors Congresswoman Mimi Walters (CA-45), Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH3), released the below statements following House passage of H.R. 1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA).
Sex trafficking is a form of slavery older than the nation itself. The federal government, however, does not have a great track record in fighting it. In fact, it wasn't until 2000 that Congress explicitly recognized sex trafficking as a federal crime.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Congresswoman Mimi Walters (R-CA), Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and victim advocacy organizations released the below statements following the announcement by the House Rules Committee that Congresswoman Wagner's bill, H.R. 1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), will be put on the floor the week of February 26th.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02), joined by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Rep. Billy Long (MO-07), Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-06), and Rep. Barbara Comstock (VA-10), sent a joint letter asking Speaker Ryan, Chairman Goodlatte, Chairman Frelinghuysen, and Chairman Brady to prioritize a common-sense solution for local employers that rely on the H-2B seasonal guest worker visa program.