Uber and End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT) held a signing ceremony on Capitol Hill at the Reserve Officers Association to stop child sex trafficking. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN) praised the efforts of the two organizations. Both organizations signed the Tourism Child Protection Code of Conduct, an industry-driven initiative that seeks to protect children from sex tourism across the globe.