Karen Bass actually said...

"Thank you, Mr. Chair and Chairman Smith for your leadership on this over many years, in particular Chairman Smith, who really was the leading force in the House for many years on the trafficking issue..."

"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..."

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

"one of the problems I have with us here is the definition of child abuse and child neglect, it has to be a caregiver, a parent."