Ted Poe: “I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio. I like your tag line. I might use it myself. You point out several good things, and I…”

“I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio. I like your tag line. I might use it myself. You point out several good things, and I think everybody listening can understand why legislation like this got passed because of your passion and--I will say it again--because of the women in the U.S. House that pushed this last year and were relentless until all this legislation came up. You point out many good things. There are two things, though, that I want to point out myself that you mentioned. One is about the money. People may ask, Mr. Speaker, why is there so much money involved in this? Well, drug dealers, when they sell drugs, you sell drugs one time. The cost of apprehension, the consequences, are great, and the chances of getting caught are great. On the other end, you have sex trafficking. Unfortunately, these children are sold multiple times a day--sometimes 20, 25 times a day. The risk of getting caught is very low, and the punishment, up until now, has been very low. So that is why it is the second or third biggest monetary system of criminal enterprises anywhere. That, Mr. Speaker, in itself is a disgrace to us as a people to allow this to happen, where slavery is the second or third money maker for the criminal gangs who primarily run all of these enterprises. I yield to another gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber). He has been in the antitrafficking movement a long time.…”