There is no question that a significant energy transition is underway here in the United States.

What is a reasonable target for methane leakage?

Today's hearing is the subcommittee's first opportunity to focus on liquefied natural gas or LNG exports.

These measures are cost-effective as well?

U.S. emissions have dropped in recent years. But what matters most is whether U.S. emissions are on track to decline in the future.

Methane emissions from the natural gas industry are a challenge in that regard.

We need to think about LNG exports through the lens of climate change.

Climate change is the biggest energy challenge we face as a country.

I am pleased you are holding this hearing on tourism in the United States.

But congressional action is not enough. We must undertake a whole of society approach to ensure the safety and dignity of trafficking victims.

As always, I want to extend my appreciation to Chairman Smith for his leadership in this, on this issue...

But the struggle that I and Subcommittee Chairman Chris Smith have had over the last few years is with the State Department and their lack of willingness, their lack of honesty in naming names and in putting on the tier III list these countries that are involved.

The harm of trafficking may be more clearly seen in the eyes of an abused 12-year-old girl who is being robbed of her freedom, robbed of her youth and of her hope.

It is far past time for this government to be bringing all the pressure we need to bring to bear on regimes around the world that turn a blind eye or, as is the case of Cambodia, law enforcement agencies that are actually culpable in these abuses.

Working in human trafficking is a bipartisan cause.

The original Trafficking Victims Protection Act, championed by our colleague Chris Smith, established a plan to eliminate the scourge of human trafficking.

situational awareness strategies; transport systems; hotels, as Congresswoman Bass mentioned.

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