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And i could not do what i did without her, so thank you to senator mcconnell, mr. Leader thank you. Its been an honor to serve in his body. I will have more to say next week in my Farewell Speech but i did not want this day to go by without expressing my appreciation. Thank you. Today former Senate Majority trent lott and former democratic leader tom daschle talked about issues in congress including the Affordable Care act, immigration policy, the eric garner decision and the need for bipartisanship in congress. This event was hosted by the Christian Science monitor. Its about an hour. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] okay. Thanks for coming everyone. David cook for the Christian Science ....
Over the past several years in the administration of attorney general eric sniderman. During this administration, we have had 22 cases that we brought criminal charges in, including two cases announced just this morning. And they are in a wide range of industries. Prevailing wage contractors, tortilla factory, home health agencies, its been a pretty broad range of different types of employers. And having been in this field for awhile, i feel strongly about the importance of criminal enforcement because i think that it sends a very, very strong message about the seriousness of these laws and the importance of compliance and it is a very powerful deterrent. I think criminal prosecution is just qualityively different. Its a very different experience to be arrested than to be sued. And even without a jail sentence, i think that the aspect of public pressure and public shaming is very powerful, particularly for employers who have been the cases that we have handled are really outliars in te ....