There are people who are sitting in wheelchairs right now, looking at this right now, who feel helpless, and many of them are going to die.

Something is wrong with that picture.

If you can pay $150 million fine, this is just a cost of business.

I think the multiplier effect it has in terms of economic opportunities and, frankly, jobs that can be created is significant.

I strongly disagree. If our goal is to analyze these grants in a responsible manner, we cannot ignore the voices of these human trafficking victims.

I, too, want to thank you all, first of all, for your testimony.

Why did the scores not take into account the strong preference for a full set of services and referrals?

I was horrified. And I just want to make sure, as I know you do, and part of this hearing is about this, making sure that HHS is doing its part to help these young victims address their particular needs.

We support the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act and applaud the Committee and you, Senator Carper, for favorably reporting it in December 2011.

I think we need to have additional hearings as our committee, and I am asking for the minority to have hearings, and we would love to have them next week.

Does it not help our allies to know that we want all of our allies to cut off the financing of Iran through its Central Bank in order to be able to avoid a nuclear Iran?

But is our objective not to get them not to deal with the Central Bank of Iran?

I would like to take a moment to remind everyone of our ultimate goal here today, to help victims of human trafficking, forced prostitution and sex slavery to escape their conditions and put their lives back together.

These victims have survived horrifying abuses that few people in this room can even imagine. These atrocities are simply despicable, almost unspeakable.

We must address them directly and give these victims a voice.

And just in fairness to HHS, and I know that they will have an opportunity to respond, is the time up for them to submit documents?

To be clear, this is not about using Federal funds for abortion. This is about providing referrals for a full range of contraception, family planning and other reproductive health services.

If our goal is to analyze these grants in a responsible manner, we cannot ignore the voices of these human trafficking victims, many of whom are very young women who have been exploited and raped by their persecutors.