If we are going to compete globally we need to unleash the private sector to allow them to invest in these countries.

I thank my colleague from Tennessee for her leadership on this particular issue. For far too long, Madam Speaker, I was silent on this particular issue. Some 22 years ago, as we were expecting our first child--my wife was pregnant--I began…

I wanted to really emphasize what you said about teachers.

These events, the Super Bowl, lets us highlight human trafficking as an issue just because of the sheer numbers.

I want to thank you for taking this on, when it is not something that is talked about.

I plan to take it back to my committee to make sure that we start to highlight this.

One of the things we need to do, all of us in this room are here to work on this problem and eliminate it.

I want to say thank you so much for continuing to work on this particular area. You have been here before this committee before.

it is something that not only is near and dear to my heart, but as you have heard the passionate plea from Ms. Wagner to my left, it is something that internationally we are needing to address as well.

If you don't continue to train and continue to put an emphasis on it, it falls by the wayside.

What I would ask from you, then, and not in terms of your oral testimony today, but I would ask for you to submit to this committee, if you would, are three recommendations on how we could augment that training for our TSA employees.