[inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] were calling back to order the confirmation hearing of the nominee of the fbi director of Christopher Rankin will begin with senator kearns. Thank you for the opportunities to question the witness. Mr. Ray, thank you for your Prior Service in your continued willingness to serve our country, particularly at this important a difficult time. I know this may not need repeating. Let us not forget why we are having this hearing. Your predecessor, james comey was not even at the Halfway Point of his ten year term of fbi director and President Trump abruptly fired him, without cause and without warning. President trump said when he fired director, that he was thinking about the fbis investigation of russian interference in our election, and investigation that director comey was overseen. Now, more than ever i believe it to be crucial the next fbi director be prepared to be steadfastly independent. As we had a chance to
[inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] were calling back to order the confirmation hearing of the nominee of the fbi director of Christopher Rankin will begin with senator kearns. Thank you for the opportunities to question the witness. Mr. Ray, thank you for your Prior Service in your continued willingness to serve our country, particularly at this important a difficult time. I know this may not need repeating. Let us not forget why we are having this hearing. Your predecessor, james comey was not even at the Halfway Point of his ten year term of fbi director and President Trump abruptly fired him, without cause and without warning. President trump said when he fired director, that he was thinking about the fbis investigation of russian interference in our election, and investigation that director comey was overseen. Now, more than ever i believe it to be crucial the next fbi director be prepared to be steadfastly independent. As we had a chance to
Get our hands around what the problem is and what we can do about it. The problem generates of course with the trafficker. There are three entities involved in trafficking. The trafficker. I call them the slave master because thats what it is. It is modern day slavery in its worst form especially when it comes to children. Then we have on the other end, the victim. Of course, that is a victim, not a child prostitute and Society Needs to understand and especially Law Enforcement that when they arrest a child for child prostitution, they should not be arrested for child prostitution, they should be taken to a shelter where they are treated as a victim of criminal conduct. Because thats what they are. But we got the real issues to deal with that society has missed is the person in the middle. And that is the demand. There is a demand for trafficking in the United States. The days of boys being boys is going to be over in the United States. They are going to be treated like criminals and b
Because of our location and because of our demographics. We have been working on this issue for a long time, trying to get our hands around what the problem is and what we can do about it. The problem generates of course with the trafficker. There are three entities involved in trafficking. The trafficker. I call them the slave master because thats what it is. It is modern day slavery in its worst form especially when it comes to children. Then we have on the other end, the victim. Of course, that is a victim, not a child prostitute and Society Needs to understand and especially Law Enforcement that when they arrest a child for child prostitution, they should not be arrested for child prostitution, they should be taken to a shelter where they are treated as a victim of criminal conduct. Because thats what they are. But we got the real issues to deal with that society has missed is the person in the middle. And that is the demand. There is a demand for trafficking in the United States.
So the group homes really become targeted very specifically by pimps. They know where the group homes are and they will go and recruit specifically there, and sometimes theyll get other girls to do that. The other place where girls are recruited are in juvenile Detention Centers where girls recruit each other. So given we know all of this information, we absolutely can prevent this from happening. But we do have to fundamentally change parts of the Child Welfare system in order to do it. Congressman reichert, i want to congratulate you on the passage of your legislation preventing the sex trafficking and strengthening families act. You talked about that legislation. I i wonder if there are any other plans in the committee for expanding on the amazing work you were all able to do. Well, ive moved on from the chairmanship of that committee to the tax committee. So, i so what im going to [laughter] ill be the chairman of the revenue subcommittee on ways and means, but charles bustamonte a