I'm calling today on our National Science Foundation, the Department of Transportation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, all agencies that fall under our jurisdiction on the Research and Technology Subcommittee to utilize their resources, to develop tracking, standards, detect patterns, and develop data analytics to combat the existence of human trafficking at a national and global level.

The perpetrators of this crime exploit the most vulnerable for profit. They often charm or befriend victims, mostly the young and those in desperate circumstances, by offering a place to live, money or attention.

I am very eager to hear the testimony and responses to our questions from this very distinguished panel.

In my home state of Michigan, we have the 11th highest call volume to the National Human Trafficking Hotline.

We recognize that. And we do also agree that we need flexibility.

we all want to get back to school safely.

we have got to get the people who have been funded by Betsy DeVos to stop making our laws in Michigan.

I join my colleagues in mourning the staggering loss of 100,000 Americans to this wretched disease.

We need to clarify this issue now because we need clarity on it now.

We must, my friends, orient our policymaking towards long-term economic viability in our new scientific reality.

we're disappointed by the President's destructive budget request, which proposes over a 30 percent cut to NIST's programs.