Ted Poe: “I yield myself the balance of the time. Mr. Speaker, there were a lot of different entities involved in bringing this…”

“I yield myself the balance of the time. Mr. Speaker, there were a lot of different entities involved in bringing this and other pieces of legislation to the House floor. There are numerous organizations throughout the United States, small and large, that are determined to stop human trafficking, and I want to thank all of them for their input into this cause and this legislation. I call them the victims' posse. They have rounded up and made sure that we are going to deal with this important issue. I also want to thank the Members of the House who are cosponsors of this bill, especially Carolyn Maloney, my friend from New York, and her tenacious work on this and other pieces of legislation. I also thank the Members of the House because many times, when they go back home on this specific issue, as mentioned by my friend Ms. Jackson Lee from Texas, they are holding public forums and hearings about this crime of human trafficking. In fact, there is another one in my district this weekend in Houston. I want to commend the Members for bringing public awareness to this horrible situation; but not all is gloom, doom, and despair, Mr. Speaker, because of this legislation and other pieces of legislation, but more importantly, the moral will of the House and I think of America is to get a grip on this slavery. When a crime like this is committed against a person, especially a child, we call it sexual assault, but it is really rape. It is rape, Mr. Speaker, of children.…”