Before I yield to the gentleman for his closing, I include in the Record the ``Katy Sex-Trafficking Survivor Teams with White House to Fight Growing Threat''; ``4-Year-Old Among 31 Human Trafficking Victims Rescued in Kansas, Missouri''; ``Texas authorities rescue 70 missing children victimized by sex trafficking''; from the Houston Chronicle, November 23, 2020, ``Report: Human Trafficking Spikes in Texas Amid Pandemic''; and two additional articles relating to human trafficking. [From Katy Magazine News, Dec. 10, 2019] Katy Sex-Trafficking Survivor Teams With White House To Fight Growing Threat (By Natalie Cook Clark) 21-year-old Courtney Litvak of Katy hopes her experience as a sex-trafficking victim can help other young people. As the Childproof America Ambassador, she has taken her fight against human trafficking to the White House. After a year of ``grooming'' from various people, Courtney Litvak, a Cinco Ranch High School student, left her Katy home. At 18-years-old, she started a life in human trafficking that lasted two years. Now, saved and back home, Courtney works to raise awareness and end this epidemic affecting students around the country, and right here in Katy. Cinco Ranch Student Survived Sex-Trafficking Courtney Litvak, now 21, grew up in Katy in a loving home. She went to church every Sunday and competed on a local swim team. But at 18, she willingly left her home to enter a life in human-trafficking.…
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