[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 155 (Wednesday, September 25, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS ALIVE AND WELL

  (Mr. YOHO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YOHO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to call attention to the issue 
of human trafficking, which is still alive and well today.
  The United States has been ranked among the top three nations of 
origin for victims of human trafficking in 2018, according to a recent 
report by the State Department, and is the number one consumer of sex 
trafficking worldwide.
  This is absolutely unacceptable, and as a Member of Congress, we must 
use all means necessary to rid our Nation of human trafficking and keep 
people safe from this kind of abuse.
  That is why, this week, I will be introducing two bills to help 
combat this. They are the Prevent Trafficking in Our Schools Act, and 
the COMBAT Act of 2019.
  The Prevent Trafficking in Our School Act instructs the Secretary of 
Homeland Security and Secretary of Education to develop a pilot program 
to train school officials and teachers to identify signs of trafficking 
in our schools and educate these same officials on the prevalence in 
our community.
  The COMBAT Act addresses the fact that the U.S. does not have an 
official count for domestic human trafficking by requiring a report to 
Congress on the prevalence of human trafficking happening within the 
United States.
  I ask for support on these bills.

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