Luis CdeBaca: “Malaysia's unsubstantiated upgrade is particularly alarming because of its overt importance to the Trans-Pacific…”

We have found a strategy that works. Now is the time to build on successes, however, for the sake of the 21 million people--Free the Slaves puts that number at 27 million people--who are captives of modern-day slavery.

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.

The TIP Report is key, key to addressing human rights violations.

the U.S. rejects modern slavery and that responding to this crime wherever it exists is a priority for our country.