Thank you, Chairman Rose. We may have to squeeze--get you a little barbecue today before we get back to the District of Columbia.

This bill, the Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015, works to train and inform DHS personnel.

Sadly, human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing crimes within the United States.

I have made combatting human trafficking a priority in my time in office.

I also want to express my sincere appreciation for the witnesses, both for appearing here today and for the work you do every day.

The more I study this, the more this looks like a classic case where the government continues to overreach, and then overreach seems sometimes to do more damage than good.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

This week marks 56 years since the vicious murders of Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Morris Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Carol Denise McNair at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan.

I want to especially thank Deputy Chief James Hinson of the Greensboro North Carolina Police Department for testifying today.

I want to thank Chairman Rose and Chairwoman Rice and Ranking Member Higgins for holding this important joint hearing on the opioid crisis.

I want to thank Chairman Rose, Chairwoman Rice, and Ranking Member Higgins, for holding this important joint hearing on the opioid crisis, which knows no social status and has no party affiliation.