Political Quotes

“And if this language were in place when we did May 10, we would not have been able to have that provision that is part of American law proudly. So we are headed in the wrong direction. Let me just say a last word about human trafficking. The State Department reports on human trafficking in Malaysia are very clear. The ink could not be darker. That is that there has been massive human trafficking and, essentially, what the House language did was to weaken the proposal of Senator Menendez. Then the State Department, I think, essentially did not face up to the realities within their own reports and moved Malaysia from tier 3 to tier 2 so that they could continue to be part of the negotiations. I don't see how people can look in the mirror and not say to themselves that we have to take into account human trafficking. So I finish with this. There are some positive provisions within the Customs bill, but there are also these very difficult and I think, in some respects, dangerous, in the case of currency, worse-than-innocuous provisions because, in currency, it retreats from the little step of meaning that we were going to take. So I congratulate the gentlewoman who is such a noble warrior on so many issues for bringing up this motion to instruct, and I urge strong support.”