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Youve got. These are republicans. The notion of the democrats are the party of the future the future is on the left. I think really . Hillary clinton joe biden, nancy pelosi harry reid. Thats the party. Republicans i think have the interesting thoughtful aggressive Young Leaders of the lots more to talk about with bill kristol. First a call from karl also south carolina. Independent. Caller how are you guys doing . Mr. Kristol, boy i tell you i have seen you on tv for years and years and years b...

Modeling . I used to make model airplanes. laughter or perhaps shall i fulfill my destiny as the star child . laughter wow. First time i saw that one. All options ive considered and discarded because today id like to officially announced that im hosting a new show for cspan called hate watch with jon stewart. cheers and applause heres a sneak preview. Coming up next on cspan jon stewart looks at congress in cspans new show, hatewatch. Then at 11 30 p. M. , on book tv author michio discusses the ...

Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy mr. President i ask consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order the senate will resume consideration of senate bill 178 which the clerk will report. The clerk calendar number 26, s. 178 a bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking. Mr. Leahy mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy mr...

Mr. Durbin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Durbin i ask consent to speak in morning business. The presiding officer the senate is in morning business. Mr. Durbin mr. President , im proud to join several of my colleagues this morning in introducing a substitute amendment to the justice for victims of trafficking act of 2015. Human trafficking is a global scourge, an...

They deserve better. Shame on us and well get this Problem Solved and if we dont pass this piece of legislation thats Bipartisan Legislation that gets to the president s desk where he will gladly sign it. Mr. President. I would ask unanimous unanimous consent request. They have the approval of majority and minority leaders. These requests will be printed in the record. Without objection. Mr. President , republican colleagues said they are here fighting for women. If that were the case they would...

Mr. Cornyn mr. President . The presiding officer the majority whip. Mr. Cornyn i would ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn mr. President at 11 00 thorpg, we will be having a very important vote on Human Trafficking and an important piece of legislation the justice for victims of trafficking act. Im glad that this issue is finally getting the kind of ategsattention that it deserves, but i would be lying to you if i said i wasnt disappoin...

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...

Rich and poor. Do you know that in the year 2000, there were 111 billionaires in the world . There are now over 2500 billionaires in the world. 15 years, what does that tell you about policies of the 1 for the 1 and by the 1 right . So i would argue that the way we grow food for a Global Market is a way of like putting a huge pipe into our Water Systems and sucking the water up and taking it away. Remember when you grow food, when you use water to grow food you are consuming that water. That wat...

And instead we embraced, and instead we returned to the truth that our parents and grandparents understood that the more a person learns the more a person earns. [applause] that a stronger middle class that a strong arer middle class is not the consequence of Economic Growth a stronger middle class is the cause of Economic Growth. [applause] im not even sure our parents and grandparents, democrats and republicans alike even had a word for that type of economics. They called it common sense. [lau...

Wrenching. It is vital that we act now to pass legislation to further protect these and other domestic victims of Human Trafficking and these reports are reasons why this bill should not be stalled by the minority members of the United States senate, particularly when we in the majority pledged as a result of the last election that we were going to have an open amendment process, and this bill is under an open amendment process so anybody that doesnt like this language ought to offer an amendmen...