Sheila Jackson Lee: “Let me join my friend and colleague, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and thank him for his leadership in making…”

“Let me join my friend and colleague, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and thank him for his leadership in making sure that this bill would come to the floor. Along with the ranking member, Mr. Conyers; subcommittee chairman, Mr. Sensenbrenner; and myself as the ranking member, we are grateful for the leadership of our colleagues in working through the human trafficking legislation. I would associate myself with the words that all of us have said very often. Tragically and heinously, sex trafficking, human trafficking, and the trafficking of children keeps on giving in an ugly, horrible, disastrous way that ruins the lives of innocent victims for they are used over and over again. I stand here recognizing that Houston ranks very high among those cities that have the scourge of human trafficking. In fact, as I rise to support S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, I recognize that human trafficking is a scourge that impacts greatly on my home district in Houston, Texas. Houston currently ranks number one among the U.S. cities with the most victims of human trafficking. On the House bill, I congratulate Congressman Poe, my neighbor in Houston, and Carolyn Maloney, a member from New York, who worked together to bring about this bipartisan legislation. I want to thank my colleagues as well from the Homeland Security Committee.…”