Josh Hawley: “There are too many children whose lives are being destroyed…”

“Because the time has come, Mr. President, to do something. The time for merely standing by and sitting back and hoping for the best has passed. There are too many children whose lives are being destroyed even as we speak. We have terrific federal investigators whose job is, whose work is to identify and find these children.” (04:49–04:54)

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