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Vote vote the presiding officer any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not the yeas are 89. The nays are 1. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Sullivan mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from alaska. Mr. Sullivan mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sullivan mr. President , every week ive been coming down on the floor for over, gosh, almost going on two years now trying to talk about what makes my state and the great state of alaska such an amazing place to live. Gorgeous untouched mountains, glaciers, the wildlife. Ive got some live webcams in my office for people who want to see those
And my book, this time we win. A question i frequently get is where did you get this title, this time we win . Actually, it came from vietnam veterans. I would talk to them about what i was doing and say im writing a book on the tet offensive, and many times they would say, do we win this time . Hence the title, this time we win. It goes along with the other old cliche that you hear from the vets, that we were winning when i left, they say. So, yeah, part of the reason i wrote the book was to try to get the truth out about what happened in vietnam, and to honor the men and women who won that war for us, before the politicians threw it away. You frequently see tet in the headlines these days. Wherever anything bad happens in the world, terrorists do some kind of attack, insurgents have some kind of spectacular bombing or something, youll see a pundit or a commentator say, this is just like the tet offensive. Iraq, afghanistan, wherever. I saw a headline about tet referring to northern m
Committee looks at legislation aimed at combatting straecex trafficking and the Internet Companies that can facility these crimes. One of the witnesses Yvonne Ambrose said her daughter was a sex Trafficking Victim recruited on line and later brutally murdered. This is about two and a half hours. Good morning. Thank you for joining us today for our hearing on s1693, the stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017. Our Second Committee hearing on Human Trafficking this year. I am particularly thankful that we will have the benefit of hearing from Yvonne Ambrose who courageously will share her story. Well hear from senators to offer their perspectives about the current state of the law and proposed changes. Well have the opportunity to hear from our panel of expert witnesses who will share their views on this legislation which has garnered significant support but also raised questions. Last months senators portman and blumenthal introduced the act with a Bipartisan Group of more than 20 cos
For our hearing on s1693, the stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017. Our Second Committee hearing on Human Trafficking this year. I am particularly thankful that we will have the benefit of hearing from Yvonne Ambrose who courageously will share her story. Well hear from senators to offer their perspectives about the current state of the law and proposed changes. Well have the opportunity to hear from our panel of expert witnesses who will share their views on this legislation which has garnered significant support but also raised questions. Last months senators portman and blumenthal introduced the act with a Bipartisan Group of more than 20 cosponsors, a number thats grown since then which includes eight members of this committee. As many already know the bill would amend section 230 of the Communications Decency act to enable victims to bring to justice websites that knowingly facility sex trafficking. Its an evil that affects every Community Across america. I think everyone agr