If confirmed, can you improve on that record in terms of minimizing the burden of regulations on our economy?

Are we seeing less transparency from an Administration that has claimed that it is the most transparent in history?

I do not think that is eliminating red tape.

I really appreciate the fact that all of you are engaged on this issue and every day in the trenches.

We introduced a bipartisan bill... that basically requires that children who have been involved in sex trafficking be considered victims of abuse and neglect under CAPTA.

In 2010, Toledo was listed as the fourth-ranking city in America in terms of human trafficking.

I think one step further, where this committee actually has a role to play, is ensuring that those victims are eligible to receive services as victims of child abuse in the child welfare system.

This committee does have jurisdiction here. Senator Hatch talked about it at the outset.

I think these actions are in disregard of WTO rules. I think they are fundamentally disruptive to innovation.

I appreciate your stepping up and taking on this job. It is at a critical time.

Like our urban veterans, our rural veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are coping every day with both the visible and the invisible wounds of war.