--- title: Ashton Kutcher Speech Against Human Trafficking 2017 VIDEO description: Ashton Kutcher attended a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to deliver a speech about his anti-trafficking work. canonical: https://time.com/4672257/ashton-kutcher-human-trafficking-speech/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-15T21:37:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:10.297Z og:title: Watch Ashton Kutcher Give a Passionate Speech Against Human Trafficking og:description: "I am here today to defend the right to pursue happiness" og:url: https://time.com/4672257/ashton-kutcher-human-trafficking-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1e06e85f99b4d3c/6988ba8786f68e4f8b6e3885/ashton-kutcher-human-trafficking.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing On Ending Modern Slavery og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ashton Kutcher Give a Passionate Speech Against Human Trafficking twitter:description: "I am here today to defend the right to pursue happiness" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1e06e85f99b4d3c/6988ba8786f68e4f8b6e3885/ashton-kutcher-human-trafficking.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Ashton Kutcher Give a Passionate Speech Against Human Trafficking  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 15, 2017 9:37 PM UTC  Ashton Kutcher, Actor and Co-Founder of Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children, speaks at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Ending Modern Slavery: Building on Success at Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. Ashton Kutcher, Actor and Co-Founder of Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children, speaks at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Ending Modern Slavery: Building on Success at Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 15, 2017 in Washington, DC.Paul Morigi/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 15, 2017 9:37 PM UTC [Ashton Kutcher](http://motto.time.com/4588764/mila-kunis-ashton-kutcher-baby-boy/?xid=time%5Fsocialflow%5Ffacebook) attended a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday morning to deliver a speech against [modern slavery](http://time.com/4374377/slavery-developed-developing-world-index-slave-labor/). The 39-year-old actor passionately testified on how to put an end to [sex trafficking](http://time.com/4639710/womens-march-sex-trafficking/), discussing his work as co-founder of Thorn, an organization that seeks to better use technology to locate victims of the practice. “As part of my anti-trafficking work, I’ve met victims in Russia, I’ve met victims in India, I’ve met victims that have been trafficked from Mexico, victims from New York and New Jersey and all across our country, he said. “I’ve been on FBI raids where I’ve seen things that no person should ever see.” Following Kutcher’s remarks, Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker thanked him for his words, calling his work “inspirational,” and “a true testament to entrepreneurialism and people taking a risk toward social good,” according to [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/ashton-kutcher-testifies-before-the-senate-on-sex-trafficking/). And Sen. John McCain even managed a light-hearted joke about the Hollywood star. “Ashton, you were better looking in the movies,” he joked, prompting Kutcher to blow him a kiss in reply. Watch the clip above. 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