Karen Bass actually said...

"The State government--this is the Texas of the Texas miracle, one of the top 12 economies in the world... have literally been sending these sex trafficking victims, human trafficking victims, to jail ..."

"Texas is reportedly the State in the Nation that has the most human trafficking going on in it."

"I want to thank you to Chairman Royce and also Congressman Smith for your legislation on combatting human trafficking globally, but also, hopefully, domestically."

"The public education that is covered in this bill-- educating children, teachers, hotel workers, airline staff--is really critical because human trafficking can be spotted and stopped in many differen..."