Chris Smith actually said...

"It is bipartisan. It is named after Frederick Douglass."

"I think that for the most part the Trafficking in Persons Office and the TIP Report gets it right."

"If we create these new norms of understanding that this is not about child prostitution, that this is child rape and the perpetrators have to be treated accordingly, that is when we will see a shift."

"If Tier 3 and the other tier rankings were simply an accurate assessment of the government's TIP performance, it wouldn't need to be dramatic or disruptive."