we are pleased to be joined by yiota souras. she is senior vice president of the center for exploited children. for over 30 years she has provided valuable services to law enforcement and the criminal justice community with the limit of limiting child exploitation and reuniting families. they have recovered over 200,000 missing children including assisting with the rescue of a missing child in cleveland, ohio, just earlier this month. we appreciate what you do. i'm also honored to have with us today the founder, john walsh, who is with us in the room this morning. who has been a good at visor to me and to the subcommittee. we're also pleased to be joined by darwin roberts. darwin is a deputy attorney general with the washington state attorney general's office where he supervises the criminal justice division among other units. and he also is the lead office for the human trafficking issues. he is trying to combat child trafficking. the polaris project gave washington the highest ranking for its anti-trafficking efforts last year

we turn to our first panel of witnesses to ask questions and we are pleased to be joined by yiota souras senior vice present of senior counsel for the council for missing and exploited children. for over 30 years she has provided valuable services to law enforcement and the croom justice community with the goal of eliminating child exploitation and reuniting families. it is recovering over 200,000 missing children. including assisting with the rescue of a rescued child in cleveland ohio this month of may may pursue a deal. i'm also honored to have with us today the founder. many of you know john walsh who is here with us in the room this morning who has been a good advisor to me and to the subcommittee. we are also pleased to be joined by darwin roberts at the deputy attorney general of the washington state attorney general's office where he supervises criminal justice division among other units and lead attorney for human trafficking issues. the state of washington recognizes a manner leader in combating trafficking in large part to the work of the state agency's office. the polaris pro