President Trump is signing an anti-human trafficking bill at the White House, his first appearance since Tuesday night's prime-time address to the nation making the case for funding his border wall and other border security measures.
The legislation will renew programs that make federal resources available to human trafficking survivors and establish new prevention, prosecution and collaboration initiatives to help bring perpetrators to justice. It's a bipartisan measure that passed both the House and Senate unanimously.
"We're all working together," the president said at the bill signing. "I really believe the Democrats and the Republicans are working together ... Otherwise we'll go about it in a different manner."
"I don't think we'll have to do that," but you never know, he added, according to the White House press pool.
Trump also said he thinks federal workers are going to be "happy," and that many of them say the president is doing the right thing.Â
(CBS News)Â
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