ms. jackson lee: i indicated this afternoon was an important afternoon. i thank the gentleman for his legislation and his leadership, and i add my appreciation to the ranking member of the homeland security committee, mr. thompson and as well, the ranking member of the judiciary committee, who previously did bills, mr. conyers. it seems we are have been bipartisan support on a very important crisis in our nation and around the world. in 2014, mr. obama, president obama, said at home we are leading by example. my administration is cracking down on traffickers, charging a record number of perpetrators, we are deploying new technology in the fight against human trafficking, developing the federal government's first ever strategic action plan to strengthen victims' services and strengthening protection against human trafficing in federal contracts. in the past year the white house has hosted events on ideas to continue to fight that scourge as i have called it. the president -- the present legislation before us, as i rise to strongly support it, h.r. 460 is a human trafficking detection act of 2015. this is a great partnership between homeland security and judiciary, between homeland security, a committee of which