Well, that is something that we would have a real problem with.

Is there not a better way to go after these recruiters, to think about whether or not they should, as we find recruiters that are actually in the midst of the exploitation, deny them visas to the United States, take other actions, look at…

I hope when you do the report that you would share with the committee insights as to trends that you see developing, whatever those trends may be.

we have to end impunity if we want to end slavery at the end of the day, modern day slavery.

So I think we have to try to talk to the source countries and try to get that under control.

And when you were talking about creating community support, I would assume those are individuals who are not the victims of trafficking, but others in the community who bore the slavery and trafficking that is taking place, and try to…

It is enforcement that matters in order to send a very clear message that we would, as a government, not tolerate in our own supply chain having that.

But the question is, if you come here and say we should reduce it from 12 to 7, and he is negotiating with countries saying we should retain it at 12, isn't that a fundamental flaw in our bargaining position?

It seems to me fundamentally wrong that if people are eligible, that they are prevented from getting the health care while their eligibility is being determined.

I have difficulty in understanding how the administration calls for a reduction in the patent protection for innovative, complex biologics from 12 years to 7.

a trade agreement should not have already raised these trafficking issues to countries that are on the TIP Report list.

the government is complicit in trafficking, and that makes it all the more--in my mind, one thing is to have a blind eye to what is happening in your country. The other thing is to be complicit in the trafficking.