Political Quotes

“To say to all that, as the chair of the Judiciary Committee, I appreciate the bipartisan work that has been done on many of these sex trafficking bills. I appreciate especially the work of the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott), who is the ranking member on the Crime Subcommittee, and the ranking member of the full committee, Mr. Conyers, as well. I commend the chairman of that subcommittee, Mr. Sensenbrenner, as well as Congresswoman Noem for their leadership on this issue. Sex trafficking is a serious problem, and while we see it around the world, we should not overlook the fact that it is a serious problem right here in the United States. This bill joins several others that we have already passed through the House of Representatives to address this serious problem, and it deserves the same bipartisan support that the others received, and it also deserves the consideration of the other side of the Capitol, by the other body which needs to take these bills up and pass them as well, so they can go to the President's desk and be signed into law. This is truly a bipartisan effort to address a serious national problem, and we all need to join into the solution. With that, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5135.…”