Chip Roy: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I just want to speak up in favor of, not necessarily the bill because…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I just want to speak up in favor of, not necessarily the bill because I need to review the bill, but the legislation's purpose and the intent of the authors to approach this issue of human trafficking because it is so critically important. I am glad that we are working on a bipartisan basis to do that. I am going to demand the yeas and nays in a minute because of other issues involving the floor I am not going to get into right now, about time to review bills and other things we are discussing with the majority, and that is why we are making decisions on the floor to force votes. But on the substance, human trafficking is absolutely devastating. It is devastating to the people of Texas, it is devastating to the people of the district I represent, it is devastating to young children, people whom I have met when I have gone to various centers in Texas where they are dealing with these, mainly children, but also adults in trafficking. Also trafficking goes well beyond, obviously, the sex trafficking trade and goes to the slave labor that exists in the United States of America today and that is absolutely unconscionable. I appreciate the bipartisan work on this topic. I am certainly delighted to work with both Members on it. I just didn't want the fact that I am going to demand the yeas and nays to be an indication of not supporting the purpose of this bill.…”