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A senator madam president. The presiding officer the senator from new jersey. Mr. Menendez i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Menendez madam president i come to the floor incredibly disappointed that we cant seem to move forward on what should be a noncontroversial, powerful and bipartisan effort. I think we can all agree here in the senate that we must do more to combat Human Trafficking and help the victims of this heinous act, and i was looking forward to, i believe senator corker offering an amendment on legislation that passed out of the F...

18. Huge bipartisan support over in the house. Passed unanimously through the Judiciary Committee and will be one of the amendments to this bill. I just want to, again thank senator murray for her leadership. Weve been a team on this and weve been able to work with senator cornyn and our friends across the aisle to get this done, and i will end by saying it is also time to confirm the next attorney general of the United States, loretta lynch. Thank you, i yield the floor. I came to the floor to talk about the work of the senate and particularly the justice for victims of trafficking act, but i...

Stories are lots of about slaves and freemen of color who made choices. When i began this book, i was convinced that the americans were the good guys, and the british were the bad guys. But the more i worked on this project, i became more and more that as the war came to an end, that it was the americans who were not the good guys. It was instead the british and the spanish who were the good guys. The british and the spanish offered freedom to their slaves. Andmen who served with them took them away from this land of bondage. For the americans, well, the americans will keep slaves in bondage u...

Armed with an Assault Rifle. The gunman was related to some folks who go to church here. His exs inlaws or exinlaws went here. Thats what we understand. He was court marshalled on Domestic Violence charges, given a bad conduct discharge. If thats the case, ordinarily, hed still be legally qualified to have the semiautomatic weapon he used in the attack. If it was for Domestic Violence, which apparently it was, that would have disqualified him. He would seek to get a permit in the state, and it was denied. Rolling back an obamaera regulation that made it harder for people with Mental Illnesses ...

Deadly rampage. Why. Why did this happen . It hurts. The pain is there. The hurt is there. Theres no words for all these families. What theyre going through. A hoff risk sight. You dont expect to walk into a church and see Something Like that, especially like when all the bodies were still there, you know. Seeing the children, thats what hurts the most. 26 are dead range in age from 5 to 72 years old. One family lost eight loved ones. 20 more people injured. Nearly 50 killed or wounded in a town which has a population of only several hundred, at a time. The killer is dead as well. Just this mo...