EurasianeurAsian Affairs. Live coverage here on thoigs. Cspan3. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. We have an unusual procedure today. As usual well defer to the outstanding senators who are here to introduce others, and we thank them for being here. Its an honor to have you here in our committee. We will let them go first so that they can go on to their other business. We will then convene adjourn and convene the business meetings for just a moment and hopefully pass the nominees out and pass some bills out. And then well resume with the great testimony we know well hear from our nominees. So with that, again, we welcome you. If i i dont know if i can remember the seniority order. I know senator cornyn is first in soeniority. Ill let you guys armwrestle over it while senator cornyn gets his comments. Thank you so much for being willing to come and make good comments about outstanding nominees. We thank you. Yes, sir. Thank you, chairman corker. And Ranking Member carden,
To tier three, the lowest rating. State Department Officials outlined the hearing at a hearing of the Foreign Relations committee. This is about an hour. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. This morning, we will continue our oversight efforts with regard to 2017 trafficking in persons report. I want to thank senator cardin and members of the committee for their leadership and engagement in combatting this affront to Human Dignity and the rule of law. This committee has conducted extensive oversight on this issue. We have instituted annual briefings for members of the committee with the opposite trafficking and persons ambassador and regional bureaus at the state department. Prior to the release of the annual trafficking in persons report, we ask every nominee before this committee to commit to help lead the fight against modern slavery. This oversight has been noted at the state department and in our embassies. We appreciate that the deputy secretary of state volunteered to
To tier three, the lowest rating. State Department Officials outlined the hearing at a hearing of the Foreign Relations committee. This is about an hour. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. This morning, we will continue our oversight efforts with regard to 2017 trafficking in persons report. I want to thank senator cardin and members of the committee for their leadership and engagement in combatting this affront to Human Dignity and the rule of law. This committee has conducted extensive oversight on this issue. We have instituted annual briefings for members of the committee with the opposite trafficking and persons ambassador and regional bureaus at the state department. Prior to the release of the annual trafficking in persons report, we ask every nominee before this committee to commit to help lead the fight against modern slavery. This oversight has been noted at the state department and in our embassies. We appreciate that the deputy secretary of state volunteered to
I want to thank our witnesses very much. As youre well aware, we have votes going on right now. But with the chairmans guidance, we shall continue here out of respect for your time. Well begin with my own questions, as other members roll in, well entertain those. But mr. Kutcher, and ms. Masanino, thank you for your leadership. This is such an important area. Were shining a National Spotlight on the importance of it. And im just so grateful for your efforts. Do you both agree, as you work on this issue, that the state departments annual trafficking and persons report is a valuable resource in your efforts to fight Human Trafficking, and the scourge of modern slavery . Yes. Yes, absolutely we do. I do. You cant solve the problem if you dont know how big it is. Thats exactly right. So presumably we want the report to be as accurate and comprehensive as possible. We do. Yes. These are called leading questions. Tomorrow i plan to introduce a piece of legislation called the department of st
I want to thank our witnesses very much. As youre well aware, we have votes going on right now. But with the chairmans guidance, we shall continue here out of respect for your time. Well begin with my own questions, as other members roll in, well entertain those. But mr. Kutcher, and ms. Masanino, thank you for your leadership. This is such an important area. Were shining a National Spotlight on the importance of it. And im just so grateful for your efforts. Do you both agree, as you work on this issue, that the state departments annual trafficking and persons report is a valuable resource in your efforts to fight Human Trafficking, and the scourge of modern slavery . Yes. Yes, absolutely we do. I do. You cant solve the problem if you dont know how big it is. Thats exactly right. So presumably we want the report to be as accurate and comprehensive as possible. We do. Yes. These are called leading questions. Tomorrow i plan to introduce a piece of legislation called the department of st