On the recordDecember 14, 2022
In this season of greetings and well- wishes for holidays for Americans, I do wish them a very special holiday season in all the ways that we, as Americans, will celebrate this holiday. We know that it is a season of giving and good cheer as we finish our collective work to be able to fund the government, to keep the doors open, and to help the services of those who need them to continue. I also think it is important to say that we have crucial legislation that should be passed. We cannot leave without passing voting rights. We cannot leave with gifting to the American people oppressive voting laws to stop them from voting, that purge the voting rolls. We cannot leave without real human trafficking legislation that protects our children at schools. The No Trafficking Zones Act is in the Senate, the other body, and it has to be passed. It is a pathway of protecting children and families feeling safe when their children go to schools, that predators will not be able to actually recruit children for human trafficking right at the school and even online. Madam Speaker, I give good greetings, but this legislation has to pass, voting rights and the No Trafficking Zones Act. ____________________
