mr. rosenberg at thank you. good afternoon, chairman tour in chairman, and my mom said it takes and tells joe i love him. so i had to show that. [laughter] members of the task force, friends in college somewhere here today, though secure by reducing foster children welcome to baltimore. at baltimore child abuse after every child we see and meet with deck rates with a butterfly, and perhaps you have received a copy of this report with your material. we clicked over 850 butterflies every year, and that number continues to grow. this is a very real manifestation of scale of the problem here in baltimore city, nationally as well. we proud and each one of those butterflies from the ceiling at the center, recognize that every butterfly is different, everyone has its own unique story. each one symbolizes the transformation that occurs within each child and each case. today i believe you all had the privilege of many stories from victims and from survivors, and we hear the stories every day at baltimore child abuse cent

mr. rosenberg, i have a question for you.ased to hear you say that in addition to the mainstream child abuse cases that we're so accustomed having sent to a child advocacy center that you all are starting to provide services for sex trafficking victims? >> right. >> can you explain to the task force, first of all, i think the task force is already aware that these are victims who really experience exposure to violence, perhaps more than most victims and so, could you explain how you are able to get your cac to embrace that as many cacs are not willing yet to evaluate or provide services for sex trafficking victims? . . look, i got this great program. use it. and i think part of it is just again breaking these silos and, you know, that our program runs in contradiction to some sense to other cac's nationally who are very governmentally focused and this is our box and this is what we shall do and this is what we shall not do. so even neighboring counties in this case simply because they recognize we can do this better. but the

mr. rosenberg further states in his art k -- article, and i quote, a decade into the war in afghanistan the report makes clear that these killings have become the most visible symptom of a far deeper ailment plaguing the war effort. the contempt each side holds for the other never mind the taliban, the ill will and mistrust runs deep among civilians and military on both sides raising questions about what future role the u.s. and its allies can expect to play in afghanistan. mr. speaker, more important than the money are the young men and women who are sacrificing their lives, limbs, and families by serving in a corrupt nation led by a corrupt leader. beside me, mr. speaker, is a poster that i have been bringing to the floor from time to time of a young soldier from fort bragg, north carolina, who is sitting in a wheelchair, mr. speaker, with both limbs gone and an arm gone, with his lovely wife standing beside his wheelchair showing him their new apartment. how many more young men and women have to die? how many more young and women have to lose their legs, their arms and the sad part about

mr. rosenberg, i have a question for you. i was pleased to hear you say that in addition to the mainstream child abuse cases that we're so accustomed to having sent to a child ethics he said, that you are also starting to provide services for sex trafficking victims. can you explain to the task force, first of all, i think the task force is already a winner that we are victims who are really experience exposure to violence. perhaps more than most victims. and so, could you explain how you are able to get your cac to embrace that come as many are not willing yet to evaluate or provide services for sex trafficking victims speak with i think it's a complicated issue, doctor cooper. in one case victims, all tiny% were victims of child abuse themselves. they ended up, we thought a lot about little kids of overseas as being trafficked up and down agency for but it really is girls from florida and rochester in new york. that's we've seen in the last month but these are kids ran away from one situation because they're being abused at