Ted Poe: “I thank the gentleman from Nevada for yielding. I also want to thank my friend from California (Ms. Bass) for…”

“I thank the gentleman from Nevada for yielding. I also want to thank my friend from California (Ms. Bass) for introducing this legislation. Mr. Speaker, you are going to find tonight that there are eight bills dealing with sex trafficking in the United States. You will also find that these are bipartisan bills, and a lot of different Members are involved in this legislation, which goes to say that on this issue of modern-day slavery--the human sex trafficking that is taking place-- Members of Congress are working together in many different ways to come to the same conclusion to present legislation to the House floor. I would just encourage the Speaker in his role to get the Senate to bring up this legislation as soon as it all passes, either tonight or tomorrow. We have already had some good pieces of legislation pass, a piece of legislation called the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, sponsored by Carolyn Maloney from New York, a Democrat, and myself, a Republican from Texas. That is about as bipartisan as you can get, Mr. Speaker. We don't even speak the same language, but it passed the House 2 weeks ago, 409-0. The House of Representatives is moving as fast as we can and as carefully as we can to deal with this scourge of modern-day slavery. You don't get much talk about it in the national media. It is just not one of those controversial issues, but it is being done, and that is a good thing. {time} 1745 Mr.…”