Luis CdeBaca: “China undeservedly received an upgrade from Tier 3, an egregious violator of human trafficking, to Tier 2 Watch List…”

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.

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

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

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.