Luis CdeBaca: “The TIP Report is key, key to addressing human rights violations.”

Malaysia's unsubstantiated upgrade is particularly alarming because of its overt importance to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

I would like to take a step back, if I may, to recognize what you and your cosponsors of the original Trafficking Victims Protection Act achieved in bringing that initial skepticism that you perhaps mentioned to consensus.

This bill will give the State Department's trafficking team the leverage necessary to allow it to advocate most effectively on behalf of the victims of trafficking.

The most productive solution is for Congress to insist in its oversight role, and the Senate in focusing on appointments, that the Ambassador's position is filled and it is filled with someone with strong experience, vision and…