one i met last week in austin, brooks axtel -- brook axtel. our friends at google convened a meeting there in austin. the technology community understands that a lot of the solicitation of underaged girls and victims of human trafficking occurs on-line and so they've come together to try to work with law enforcement, work with victims' rights groups to come up with a comprehensive way to combat it. so at google last week in austin i met brook axtel, who was introduced to america when she gave a moving speech at this year's grammy awards. back in texas she's better known for her work with a number of nonprofits that are focused on ending domestic violence and human trafficking. and i can't begin to tell you how inspiring she is and her words were, particularly when you consider the horror the absolute horror of what she had been through as a victim of human trafficking herself. starting at the age of 7 -- 7 years old -- brook was sexually abused. she was literally put in chains and a cage, treated like an animal in a basement. and she was repea

serve in have heard stories from constituents about human trafficking and i remember quite clearly brooke axtel of austin, texas who now works with a number of nonprofits and has basically turned her tragic story into serving others who have likewise become victims of human trafficking. brooke's story is really almost beyond belief. she says at age 7, she was sexually abused. she was literally held captive in a basement and sold to men who would pay money to have sex with her a 7-year-old child. brooke has brought to light her pain and has begun to heal as a result of having been rescued been given a helping hand, but she has now turned her tragic story into hope by honorably helping others find a way out of a life she herself experienced. she found a group called survivor healing and empowerment, which is a healing community of survivors of rape, abusive and sex trafficking. another horrific story that i've heard, i'm sure just like all members of the senate have heard coming from their states, because this is not something isolated in one state, this is a national -- indeed, it's an internati

hospitals, surely, surely it's good enough to help young 7-year-old victims of human trafficking like brooke axtel was to further clarify, to address the stated concerns of our friends across the aisle. this amendment would also clarify that all the money in the domestic trafficking victims fund must be derived from the general treasury. this is an objection i don't personally understand that we want to make it clear just perhaps to help our colleagues get a yes that all the money would be derived from the general treasury, which of course is where all federal funding comes from. and we would make clear that all of the money would be public dollars. now i don't really get this because you know tax dollars are private dollars until you get into the government and then they are no longer private. they are public. fines and penalties are private until you pay to the government and that is public. but we want to make clear that eliminate any rationale for any objection and say exclusively these with the public dollars the requirements placed on funds in the bill would not be placed on the fees and pen