On the recordMarch 21, 2018
I believe strongly that Congress must do more to combat the scourge of sex trafficking and bring these monsters to justice and actually put them behind bars. I have heard my colleagues from the other side talk again and again about how more resources are needed to fight this evil. This is the only proposal offered to actually put more dollars into the hands of prosecutors to get the criminals behind bars, and it is going to be harder to prosecute them now that they have moved to the dark web. My colleague has said that prosecutors are against it. It is because my colleague has worked as hard as he could to tell prosecutors that if anything like this is added, it is going to die in the House. Let me just tell my colleague that when we put in more money to prosecute these monsters and it passes, the other body will pass it in about 15 minutes. I urge my colleagues to vote for the only amendment that actually is going to put these criminals behind bars because we are putting real money into that effort. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question now occurs on agreeing to the motion to waive. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
