By Will Steakin, ABC News
(WASHINGTON) -- In 2017, both chambers of Congress passed an anti-human-trafficking bill that provided more funds to protect vulnerable women. The vote was nearly unanimous, minus one lone holdout: Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Gaetz's vote at the time puzzled his new colleagues in Congress, and days later, he took to Facebook to defend it on a live stream from his parents' living room.
"I assure you it's not because I don't think human trafficking is a problem," he declared. "It absolutely is. But far too often the best of intentions can lead to mission creep at the federal level."