To be clear, sex trafficking is not a job. It is exploitation. It is enslavement and an attack on the dignity of the human person.

I happen to believe Vietnam should be dropped down to Tier 3 mostly because of labor trafficking.

we want to put those, the bad guys, the purveyors, behind bars for as long as we can possibly get them behind bars, but not at the expense of the individual person who has been victimized.

A big emphasis was on devising curricula that could be used in an age-appropriate manner for elementary and secondary schools and even colleges.

As many of you know, tomorrow marks the 21st year anniversary of the signing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, or the TVPA.

One of the important parts about TIP and holding governments to account is that wherever that, whether it be law enforcement or judges or politicians, you name it, they need to be sanctioned.

Friends do not let friends commit human rights abuses. And we should be speaking out with equal fervor to both.

If children and women are being exploited into sex and labor trafficking and they are using the cover of an open border to facilitate that, we need to be hardnosed about it and very, very strong in protecting those innocent people from…

Survivor and victim-based input and leadership couldn't be more properly stated.

Thank you very much, Chairwoman Bass, for convening today's very important hearing on a topic that is near and dear to both of our hearts, combating sex and labor trafficking.

In 2001, terrorists needed to make it onto the planes and into the cockpit in order to execute the 9/11 attack. However, in 2021, we must also consider the possibility that a terrorist or hostile nation could hijack a flight by hacking it…

If hackers succeed in bringing down a plane or derailing a train, it's not an airline or railroad that would pay the steepest price.

major investment in our infrastructure shows not just Americans that they should be able to travel safely

I want to be crystal clear. When it comes to transportation cybersecurity, inaction is not an option.

I think there is really unexplored areas there that we can really do great things together. Coast Guard is a great agency, as you know, and I think they really can offer a great deal if we are working in tandem, if we are working in…

I think the Coast Guard can be very essential in this entire process, and as we move on and times change and things change, so does their role, and I think this is an area we really should focus on as well.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

The legislation before us now would foster a robust public health workforce and provide support to those who fought on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.