Problem solved and if we dont pass this piece of legislation. This Bipartisan Legislation and get it to the president s desk where he would gladly sign it. Mr. President i would ask unanimous consent have a unanimous consent request for committees to me during the day session. They have the approval of the minority and majority leaders and i would ask is that these request the return be printed in the record. Is there objection . Without objection. Thank you mr. President. I yield the floor. Mr. President . Our republican colleagues say they are here fighting for women. If that were the case then they wouldnt have snuck into this bill a provision that hurts women, all right . Thats not just me saying it its a story in the Washington Post and i ask unanimous consent to place into the record. Without objection. In early january email review by the poster Republican Judiciary Committee staffer sent to democratic staffers summary of changes to the previous version of the bill in seven bull
Injustice by turning the tide in Law Enforcements favor and helping those who are trying to combat these terrible, heinous crimes to succeed and help the victims of these crimes restore their lives. And so i appreciate the good work of the senator from texas and others who have been involved with this and would just urge my colleagues to end this shenanigans the charade going on on the floor of the United States senate and lets get this bill passed and on the president s desk. Mr. Cornyn mr. President can i ask how much time remains in our allotted time. The presiding officer there is no time limit. Mr. Cornyn i thank mr. President. I express my gratitude to the senator from south dakota but weve neglected perhaps the most important person in this process and thats the senator from iowa the chairman of the Judiciary Committee who responded to a letter written by all 20 senators in the United States senate asking him to have a hearing on this important topic and to move this bill forwar
An issue that we deal with here in the United States senate that goes beyond the line of partisan politics its this. Its this. I mean, were talk about Untold Stories of thousands of American Children and adults who are sold into modernday slavery. Those stories are bonechilling and are undeniably some of the most deplorable acts of humankind. And what the senator from texass bill was designed to do is start attacking this issue in way that we reason for a very long time and gives Law Enforcement the tools in order to target these traffickers to bring them to justice provides the tools that are necessary to help restore the lives of the victims of these heinous heinous crimes. And so i would ask the senator from texas because it is interesting to me that we are where we are. I mean, this is clearly a bipartisan issue. So much so that my understanding is when this was marked up, debated, and voted on in the Judiciary Committee that it came out unanimously. In other words all the democrat
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