Amador County – U.S. Congressman Dan Lungren will host a Congressional Field Hearing on the Child Human Trafficking Problem in Sacramento and Northern California Tuesday in Rancho Cordova.

Lungren announced Friday that he “has been working on the issue over the past two years because the Sacramento area has the dubious distinction of being among the top offenders when the FBI surveys the level of occurrence.”

Joining Lungren will be Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. Lungren said “members of local, state and federal law enforcement will testify about the problem and community organizations will outline their efforts to rescue young girls, the most common victims who are trafficked for sex.”

The hearing will be a “rare collection of experts collaborating on an issue that victimizes young girls locally – and all over the world,” Lungren said.

The Congressional Field Briefing on the Trafficking of Children in the Sacramento Region is set for 1-4 p.m. Tuesday at Rancho Cordova City Hall.

The briefing will include presentations by U.S. Attorney Ben Wagner; Herbert Brown, the Special Agent in Charge of the Sacramento FBI; Commander Timothy Johnstone of the Sacramento Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment Center; Chief Nicholas Sensley, who is the Human Trafficking Task Force Specialist of the Truckee Police Department; Jenny Williamson, Founder of Courage To Be You and Courage House; and Vicki Zito, the parent of a trafficking victim. The briefing will also feature a video interview with Ashley Judd.

Lungren said the Congressional Field Briefing addresses “efforts to combat domestic sex trafficking of children. As you may be aware, Sacramento has the unfortunate distinction of being a hub of human trafficking. It is our hope that as we continue to bring together leaders in anti-trafficking work, we can stop the exploitation of children in this region and across the nation.”

Lungren, (R-Gold River) has two other meetings set for the next month around District 3. He plans a Town Hall meeting from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17th at Rancho Cordova City Hall in the American River Room. Lungren also has a Town Hall meeting from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 21st in the West Room of the Folsom Community Center.

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