I have also reviewed that file, Mr. Chairman, and I have nothing to add to what you've already said.

As you know, El Salvador is a tier-two country, which means it's a source, destination, and transit country for human trafficking.

Human trafficking is not only a nasty business, it also has the potential to affect our national security.

I will continue to raise our concerns about the case with Korean officials.

I want to focus for a second on the human aspect of it and the humanitarian aspect of it, because the things that are happening in that corridor, along that desert on both sides of that border from a human perspective, are atrocious.

The relationship between Mexico and the United States is a critically important one.

Prosperity and security in Mexico is a positive for the United States and vice versa.

I am worried that, notwithstanding CARSI, that capacity to be able to deal with the challenge by Central American governments certainly, and Guatemala as a prime example of it, is challenged.

It is important to remind ourselves of the importance of our relationship with Mexico.

I recently read a couple of reports that cite something that just chills up my spine where right before making the journey, some women stop and get access to birth control medication because they expect to be raped in that transition point.

What I am concerned about, and I know you have shared that as well, is that this demand for trafficking in persons is combined with the dysfunctional immigration policy that we have in this country.

You have individuals that are dying in the desert, people that are being preyed upon by gangs and others in the region.

Our continued engagement remains essential to strengthen Honduras' democratic institutions.

What happens in the Western Hemisphere is of critical importance to our future.

We are facing, as you all well know, fiscal constraints and a great debate going on in this city about what America should be spending money on, particularly when it comes to foreign aid and foreign programs.

You have a government there that's conducting an all-out assault on the constitutional order and on the independence of government institutions.

I am concerned about a trend toward autocracy that threatens many nations in the hemisphere.

Gang activity is a threat to U.S. national security, and so working to reverse its growth would be one of my priorities.