But every little girl that is trafficked is someone. They have a dad. They have a mom that cares individually about that person.

Well, if you would take the message back to your staff and to all of those that are there that we appreciate the effort that they are putting forth on behalf of this unbelievable just blight on our world.

It comes down to political will.

If Members of the Congress have to be heavy, we are willing to do that.

A Tier I is not a perfect score.

Mr. Speaker, I was unable to participate in the following votes. If I had been present, I would have voted as follows: Rollcall vote 308: on ordering the previous question to H. Res. 288-- I would have voted ``aye.'' Rollcall vote 309: on…

It's disturbing to note that we've got so much waste, fraud and abuse and yet, we still don't even really know the full extent of what happened there.

The chairman has been a strong, unflinching voice for those that, many times, never have a voice here on Capitol Hill.

But I want to just say thank you for highlighting this. And the chairman is correct; when we highlight things, it may not pass in legislation, but we do see a difference, truly, in terms of other programs that are discretionary in terms of…

that is huge because there are those that will sign on to a piece of legislation based on the humanitarian aspect of it, but there is another group that will sign on based on the economic benefit.

we are having to spend major economic dollars to go into these countries in Africa and Central Asia and other places, that we could hopefully reduce our long-term economic support if we increase that ability.