In California, I do have a background in community colleges, and particularly at the hearings yesterday, priority registration was one of the things we highlighted.

I want to thank Subcommittee Chairman Bill Flores and Ranking Member Mark Takano for holding this field hearing on Veterans Hiring.

I hope it will soon spread to other States.

I would like to ask everyone here in this subcommittee to consider bringing to the 113th Congress the Help Veterans Own Franchises Act.

And what we--what we want to do, all it does is it offers a tax credit to the veteran for up to 50 percent of their franchise fee.

Veterans hire more veterans. You know, when you ask about what do veterans do? Veterans understand commitment.

And could you use part of your GI bill? Not all military veterans who come out go right into college, but if they could use that for franchise education to get them into business quicker?

The beauty of franchising is that it is systems based.

This tax credit will give the veteran more money for getting them into business faster.

Let us not just give them an ovation. Let us give them a vocation.

I am very thankful to Chairman Royce for making such a big step to introduce the H.R. 3344.

CAST commends Chairman Royce for his leadership in introducing H.R. 3344 in the House.

I really want to compliment you for advocating for victims of human trafficking.

it is really easy to overlook maybe something that is right in our own neighborhood and is an evil that we need to pay attention to.

In 2013, 60 percent of the child sex trafficking victims recovered as a part of an FBI nationwide raid from over 70 cities were children from foster care or group homes.

Because anybody is supposed to know that. I mean, that is statutory rape, right?

It is absolutely unacceptable to allow the continued victimization and abuse of a population that we have vowed to care for and protect.

I actually want to follow up on what you were saying in terms of the labor recruiting.