jennifer sandbergh of colorado who taught me that vulnerability is not weakness. vulnerability is unimaginable strength. i have amazing friends. pat, mark, ed, dave, bill, dan, paul, lon, alexandra, tina, nathan, russell, anna, suleman, bella, and so many others who stood by me in my lowest of lows, the greatest of which my wife of 19 years and my best friend. all along i have had my god who loves me, who forgives me, and who guides me to this very day to this very moment. the bill before you contains provisions that can provide the resources and pathways for children, for youth, for young persons, for adults to find their own pathways to their own goals, whether those goals are to graduate high school or to own their own company or to be an advocate or be a parent or a mentor or a lawyer or a judge or a congress person or a united states ambassador. with the aid you have the power to provide, their futures are limitless. the victims of trafficking need these protections and these provisions so they too may transition from victim to survivor to thriver. they need you. we need you. and i need you. i need you to look at our faces, the faces of these survivors, not as if we are strangers with no connection to you. i need you