I am curious why is it taking so long for this to be updated, for the information to be transparent, for the verification to occur?

Thank you for this conversation, and all of you today, I so appreciate what you do on behalf of our communities.

There were days when I would go over and visit with her, and there were times when she had to make a decision to be able to afford her prescription drugs or pay the energy bills.

I do not understand why our students in Indian Country deserve anything less than any other student in our States.

we need to fund training, we need to promote it, but we don't talk about what the training should be

The most recent State Department Trafficking in Persons report showed that labor trafficking prosecutions dropped to just 7 percent and labor trafficking convictions dropped to 2 percent of overall human trafficking cases in the United…

It was not mandatory, but because we came together as the Task Force, and this was a focus of everyone in the state, we shared the data.

Thank you to the Polaris Project. You are instrumental in my state in helping us address this issue.

Because of your help and support, our Nevada Trucking Association has an incredible program to educate our truckers.

not only did we work to pass State law to make sure that the hotline is located in many of our buildings

As we'll hear from our witnesses today, greater knowledge, understanding, and awareness are essential for any forward movement in combatting this crime.

And you are willing to work with us to address that?

So you think there is a role now to address the compensation----

As we think about GSE reform, how do we ensure that all players serving the secondary mortgage market offer sustainable fair access to all creditworthy borrowers?

Thank you for the tremendous work you did as Attorney General in fighting to help families hurt by the financial crisis.

As General Counsel of the Department, would you be supportive of NHTSA, should it be decided that such laws or regulations are indeed necessary, to prohibit the recycling of any defective products?

Unfortunately, the President recently made the decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement.

I commit to absolutely supporting the foreign direct investment in your state of Nevada.

The Western Governors' Association...recently passed a policy resolution which states that a nuclear waste facility should not be located within the boundaries of any western state or U.S. flag island without the written consent of that…

I do not disagree we need a long-term plan, but the concern that I have, and many in our state have, is specifically when it comes to Yucca Mountain.

I want to focus on your recommendations related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

I am not for rolling back any of those regulations because that is going to continue to harm the homeowners that I fought for for 8 years in my State.

That is all that Nevada is asking for, is consent-based siting, which your predecessor, Secretary Moniz, and the Blue Ribbon Panel have agreed that is what should occur.

Since that time you visited the site, and thank you for the courtesy, you called me ahead of time to let me know you were going there.

The CFPB has returned $12 billion to 29 million consumers. I really do not understand the motivation behind stripping the Bureau of its powers.