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WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) introduced H.R. 2803, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act. The bill is a companion to legislation filed today in the Senate by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX).
The legislation reauthorizes programs established and modified under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
WASHINGTON—Today, Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) held a Special Order on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in recognition of Combatting Trafficking and Child Protection Week. They were joined by their House colleagues Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), and Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI).
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Wagner issued the following statement after her meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the reintroduction of legislation regarding the West Lake Landfill.
"Yesterday I had a very positive meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and was pleased to hear that cleanup of the West Lake Landfill is a top priority. I trust Administrator Pruitt's commitment and look forward to working with him. I welcome his efforts to regain the respect of a community neglected by previous administrations. Administrator Pruitt told me:
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-2) released the following statement after Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City announced that it is leaving the Obamacare exchange, leaving approximately thirty thousand Missourians without health insurance.
WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-02) released the below statement following unanimous passage of her legislation, Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017, in the U.S. House of Representatives today:
"I Am Jane Doe" is an unabashed victim-advocacy film and has followed a route previously traveled by "The Invisible War" (sexual assault in the military), "The Hunting Ground" (campus rape) and "Trapped" (the war against reproductive choice): It's taken its social-issue argument directly to Congress.
WASHINGTON –Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-02) released the below statement following today's vote to pass the American Health Care Act:
WASHINGTON –Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-02) released the below statement following today's Financial Services Committee vote to pass the Financial CHOICE Act:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017, along with Representatives Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ed Royce (R-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Ted Poe (R-TX), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Martha Roby (R-AL), and Lynn Jenkins (R-KS).
WASHINGTON –Today, Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-02) held the first Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing of the 115th Congress. The hearing, "The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's Unconstitutional Design," examined whether the structure of the CFPB violates the Constitution as well as the structural changes needed to resolve any constitutional vulnerabilities.