Louie Gohmert: “I thank my friend, the general from Pennsylvania, for yielding. This is so serious. While Homeland Security was having a…”

“I thank my friend, the general from Pennsylvania, for yielding. This is so serious. While Homeland Security was having a hearing with Secretary Mayorkas, we were having a hearing in our Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee, and we were hearing from victims of human and sex trafficking and hearing about victims of human and sex trafficking. Mr. Speaker, how callous does a person have to be to not be moved by young adults saying: My childhood was one of being constantly raped, constantly beaten, and constantly forced to do terrible things, that was my childhood because I had been sold into trafficking, human and sex trafficking. Now, one said that she had used the same visa that others had used before--the very same visa. We are not checking visas very carefully. Homeland security, that is their job. But another came across our southern border, and, of course, our Chairman Nadler really grilled in and focused on and had him say that the number one problem he had was homophobia of people in the U.S. But as I pointed out: You are being raped constantly over and over, it doesn't sound like homophobia is your big problem. It is not having a Department of Homeland Security that is keeping the homeland secure. This can't continue.…”