In a moment I'll have the honor of signing the
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.
The bill I sign today will help us to continue to investigate and
prosecute traffickers and provide new grants to state and local law
enforcement. EAGAN, Minn.

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wife. The legislation I sign today
will help us provide important new services to these victims, including
appointing a guardian for young victims and providing access to residential
treatment facilities to help victims get a chance at a better life.
Ted Will, Board of Trustees member for NCHS.
The Center is believed to be one of the first in the country to bring
together professionals from a variety of disciplines to address the immediate
medical needs of victims, in addition to public safety needs , said James
Hanko, President and CEO of North Country Health Services. Founded in 1982, CCStpa has more than 100 employees and provides
benefit administration solutions to companies interested in self-funding as a
way to balance benefit needs with financial concerns.

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Thanks for coming. Those who pay for the chance to sexually
abuse children and teenage girls must be held to account. Nearly 750,000 Phones Collected and More Than $800,000 Donated
To Help Victims of Domestic Violence in 2004

BEDMINSTER, N.
The gift will be matched dollar for dollar by the state of Kentucky
through its Research Challenge Trust Fund, which was established in 1997 to
promote research and allow the state's universities to attract and retain
renowned faculty and researchers in critical areas of science and economic
development. Jordan, director of the
University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women.bluecrossmn.

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Please be seated. And for those of you in Congress who have worked to make
this reality, good work."
The professorship established by the Verizon Wireless endowment will be
focused on innovative research on violence against women and women's health
and will be based in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. The Center
is dedicated to enhancing the welfare and safety of those impacted by these
crimes through research , scholarship and public service. To preview and request broadcast-quality video
footage and high -resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to
the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
http://www.verizonwireless.
The Center's Board of Directors includes Randy Beck, executive partner of
MeritCare - Bemidji; James Hanko, president and CEO of NCHS; Floyd Jourdain,
chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians; Dr.

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WASHINGTON, The following is a transcript of
remarks by President Bush at signing of H. They're held hostage. America has a particular duty to fight
this horror because human trafficking is an affront to the defining promise of
our country. EST

Additional milestones for the HopeLine program in 2004 include:

* More than $800,000 donated to shelters and organizations to support
domestic violence prevention programs and victims' services;

* More than 11,000 phones, along with airtime and other features ,
provided to shelters to distribute for use by victims;

* More than 140,000 phones recycled in an environmentally safe way.

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Secretary Rice and I will continue to press
the others to rise to the challenge.M.

Find more information on the Web
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Room 350
Eisenhower Executive Office Building

1:33 P. (CCStpa) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Minnesota (Blue Cross ) will help open an innovative new resource in Bemidji
for victims of violent crimes and domestic abuse. A not-for-profit, taxable organization, Blue Cross is the largest
health plan based in Minnesota , covering 2. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is an independent licensee
of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, headquartered in Chicago.

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"Over the past decade, the HopeLine program has grown significantly and
along the way has helped so many victims -- keeping them safe and helping them
rebuild their lives," said Denny Strigl, president and CEO of Verizon
Wireless.
"We have no more dedicated and generous corporate partner in our work to
stop domestic violence than Verizon Wireless," said Family Violence Prevention
Fund President Esta Soler.com .

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The professorship
established by the Verizon Wireless endowment significantly advances our
efforts to better understand and one day end acts of violence committed
against women. Today, the multi-faceted program also includes a
successful phone recycling and re-use effort, financial support for regional
and national non -profit domestic violence organizations, community and
corporate awareness programs, and partnerships with law enforcement agencies,
professional sports teams, educational institutions and corporations
nationwide.

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(Applause. It takes a perverse form
of evil to exploit and hurt those vulnerable members of society. Yet, we cannot put the criminals out of business until we also
confront the problem of demand. The trade in human beings continues in
our time and we are called by conscience and compassion to bring this cruel
practice to an end.6 million members in Minnesota and
nationally through its health plans or plans administered by its affiliated
companies.

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We're attacking this problem aggressively.com/hopeline.
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R.M.) (Applause.
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For more information about the HopeLine program please visit
http://www. The Center is committed to preparing students and advancing
scientific inquiry into the legal and clinical complexities presented by
domestic violence, rape, stalking and related crimes against women.verizonwireless . Yet there are few resources for victims in
rural areas," said Lois Stevens, president of CCStpa . Paul. Paul
suburb of Eagan, was chartered in 1933 as Minnesota's first health plan and
continues to carry out its charter mission today: to promote a wider, more
economical and timely availability of health services for the people of
Minnesota. CCStpa has a local
network of more than 35,000 providers in Minnesota and its bordering states.

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Carolyn Levitt,
pediatrician and executive director of the Midwest Children's Resource Center;
Earl Maus, Cass County attorney; Lori Petermeier, social worker with Itasca
County Health + Human Services; J.

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And this bipartisan bill will help
expand our efforts to combat this brutal crime that steals innocence and
destroys lives.) I appreciate the Secretary of State who has joined us here. The
Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with faith-based and
community organizations to form anti-trafficking coalitions in 17 major cities
across our country. Three years ago, at the United Nations, I asked
other governments to pass laws making human trafficking a crime.
For those of you who have worked on this bill, thank you very much.)

(The bill is signed.)

END 1:39 P. Our homes
and communities would be safer if more companies joined Verizon Wireless in
helping to stop violence against women.
Called the Family Advocacy Center of Northern Minnesota, it will provide
medical care, counseling and social services to any Minnesota victims of child
abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault -- paying special attention to the
Native American communities of Red Lake, Leech Lake and White Earth.

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Our nation is determined to
fight and end this modern form of slavery.
(Applause. "We're thankful to our customers and the countless other consumers,
organizations and businesses that have participated in the program and helped
make possible gifts like that pledged to the University of Kentucky Center for
Research on Violence Against Women."
Verizon Wireless created its long -running HopeLine program to put wireless
products and services to work to combat domestic violence and raise awareness
of the issue.

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appreciate you all being here.
I want to thank the members of the United States Congress who have joined
me here.
In today's world, too often human traffickers abuse the trust of children
and expose them to the worst of life at a young age . The Department of Justice has more than tripled the
number of cases brought against these traffickers . We are working with the nations of
Southeast Asia and others to crack down on sex tourism.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 43.8 million voice and data customers.

Visit
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota's web site:
http://www.

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America is a
compassionate and decent nation, and we will not tolerate an industry that
preys on the young and the vulnerable.

Addressing an Issue that Affects Everyone
Domestic violence in the United States knows no social or economic
boundaries and can affect people in any community -- including friends, family
and co-workers ., A joint $39,000 contribution from
Comprehensive Care Services, Inc.S.

CCStpa, headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, is a full-service provider of
third-party administrative (TPA) services for medical, dental, life and vision
care plans.

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I appreciate Senator Sam Brownback; Chris Smith, Deborah Pryce, and
Carolyn Maloney for their hard work on this important legislation. Human
traffickers operate with greed and without conscience, treating their victims
as nothing more than goods and commodities for sale to the highest bidder.
We also have a duty to reach out to victims of trafficking , some of whom
were smuggled into this country as children. Since then,
many have risen to the challenge. When it began, the HopeLine program donated voicemail boxes to
victims living in shelters . They hope it will
become a national model for other rural areas.

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For those of you who are providing the
compassionate care to those who have been affected by human trafficking, thank
you for your love.J. "Through
this gift, Verizon Wireless builds on its vital work of protecting women in
the present day by investing in the future of women. Across the country, Verizon Wireless has put its HopeLine
program to work and seen the program grow.

How to Donate
Wireless phones and equipment can be donated to the HopeLine program at
more than 1,200 Verizon Wireless Communications Store across the country.

CCStpa Blue Cross Contribute to New Regional Family Advocacy Center in Bemidji

The Center itself will be opened and run by a partnership between the Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, North Country Health Services, MeritCare
Clinic, and Midwest Children's Resource Center of St. It will operate
out of North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji, near the emergency room
facilities.
"By focusing on the victim's own physical and mental recovery, rather than
the legal implications of the violence, this model empowers the victim and
helps break the cycle of violence that is all too common," said Hanko.
Stevens added, "Supporting rural Minnesotans, especially the Native
American populations, is a strong business priority for CCStpa, so it's
exciting for us to contribute to a resource that will help victims of violence
in these communities overcome their trauma and be healthier.

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we'll investigate and prosecute the customers, the unscrupulous adults who
prey on the young and the innocent. Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZand LSE: VOD).com/multimedia.

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We'll continue to call on other nations to take action against trafficking
within their own borders. It
will be used by the University's Center to establish and endow a professorship
of studies on violence against women. "The company's long-term work has not only given
victims of domestic violence a way to call for help, it has also helped
countless women and children feel safer and more secure. Since 2001, the key element of the program has been a national
recycling initiative -- taking no-longer used wireless phones and accessories
and turning them into help and support for victims of domestic violence and
the agencies and shelters committed to helping.
"It is estimated that domestic violence victims account for more than 25
percent of all violent crime victims in Minnesota, and Native Americans are
victimized at a much higher rate.

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In
recent years, hundreds of thousands of people around the world have been
trafficked against their will, across international boundaries , and many have
been forced into sexual servitude. They're
forced to submit to unspeakable evil . For
those of you who are involved in this important struggle, I appreciate your
efforts, continue to do so., To mark the 10-year anniversary
of Verizon Wireless' HopeLine(SM) program, the company today announced a
$250,000 gift to The University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence
Against Women. The gift is the largest amount pledged by Verizon Wireless to a
single organization to support domestic violence prevention and awareness.

About The Center for Research on Violence Against Women
The Center for Research on Violence Against Women was created in 2002 as a
joint project of the University of Kentucky and the Office of the Kentucky
Governor.

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Thousands of teenagers and young girls are
trafficked into the United States every year. Over the past four years, the
Department of Homeland Security has taken new measures to protect children
from sexual predators, as well as pornography and prostitution rings. (Applause.

Verizon Wireless Marks 10-Year Anniversary Of HopeLine (SM) Program With $250 000 Gift to University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women

"From donating phones and airtime to funding direct service programs for
survivors, Verizon Wireless has a proven track record of supporting domestic
violence awareness and prevention," said Carol E."

HopeLine Highlights from 2004
In 2004, consumers donated three-quarters of a million phones to HopeLine,
up more than 35 percent from the previous year, and bringing the total to
nearly two million phones since the national phone collection and recycling
efforts began in 2001.

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Human trafficking is an offense against human dignity, a crime in which
human beings , many of them teenagers and young children, are bought and sold
and often sexually abused by violent criminals.
(Applause. The growth of the
HopeLine program and its ever-increasing reach are extraordinary .
Wireless phones and equipment donations can also be sent to:

Verizon Wireless HopeLine
c/o ReCellular Inc
2555 Bishop Circle W.verizonwireless. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota estimated there
were 1,089 cases of child abuse and 885 cases of rape reported in northern
Minnesota in 2002, the most recent year for which numbers were available.

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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause. Bruce Preece, chief of police in Bemidji;
Judy Roy, tribal secretary of the Red Lake band of Chippewa Indians; and Dr.

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