I just wanted to underscore one aspect of this legislation.

It is critical we continue the United States leadership and efforts to end human trafficking, both domestically and abroad.

U.S. taxpayers should not be forced to fund the program that violates provisions in the Kemp-Kasten Amendment.

By essentially ignoring the Kemp-Kasten bill, what sort of message are we sending?

Defunding UNFPA was a YouCut winner voted on by the America public.

It is imperative that our hard-earned taxpayer dollars from the hard-working Americans, are used appropriately, efficiently, and responsibly.

We have no business supporting organizations that have the necessary cash on their own.

If we agree on one thing, let it be this: That child marriages only contribute to the devastating cycle of poverty, keeping young girls and women from receiving the proper education, and harming them both physically and mentally.

I definitely ask for a recorded vote on this.

I want to use--I put this amendment in to just clarify the fact that--and make, as part of this legislation, something that is there with the reauthorization of Kemp-Kasten that we do, and just make sure that we are clear, those of us that want to be, like myself, that we do not want any of the UNFPA funds used for coercive abortion and China's one-child policy.

As a member of both the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security, I appreciate the opportunity to jointly examine this very important topic.