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Subcommittee Hearing: Demanding Accountability: Evaluating the 2015 "Trafficking in Persons Report"

Date:
Location:
2172 Rayburn House Office Building

Webcast

Opening Statements

Chairman Smith's opening statement:
Witnesses
Chairman Smith questions witnesses:

Panel I

Kari Johnstone, Ph.D. Principal Deputy Director Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons U.S. Department of State [full text of statement] Mr. James Carouso Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State [full text of statement] Mr. Alex Lee Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs U.S. Department of State [full text of statement]

Panel II

The Honorable Mark Lagon President Freedom House (Former Ambassador-at-Large for Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State) [full text of statement] [truth in testimony form] ____________________________

Hearing transcript (PDF)