"I am pleased to join Senator Harkin in supporting the 'Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act,' and I thank him for scheduling this hearing today so that we can move this important civil ..."
"Are there ways the Government might make the fishermen, the small business owners, the residents, and other victims of the oil spill whole immediately?"
"I think that is the appropriate thing to do. Trying to get people to sign away their rights for a mere $5,000 when the damage that they might have would far exceed that is clearly the wrong thing to d..."
"In 2004, Senator Kyl and I successfully enacted legislation, the Crime Victims' Rights Act, to provide the victims of violent crimes a set of procedural rights under Federal law."
"Well, the idea of stopping it before it happens is so important."
"We have to prioritize our response to the high rates of violence experienced by Native American and immigrant women."
"We all know that the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, was a watershed piece of legislation."
"I was proud to work on the original VAWA bill."
"You know, now is the time to look at where the needs might be, where there are some things that we should be looking at if we are going to be reauthorizing."
"I cannot stress enough how important it is for Congress to reauthorize VAWA to sustain, strengthen, and enhance our Nation's efforts to end violence against women."
"Senator Murray, a long-time supporter of VAWA, has introduced a bill I am proud to cosponsor."
"Well, we put extra money in the Recovery Act, we put $225 million. I had argued strongly for that."
"Now that we have settled all the problems of the world, up here are Senator Franken and Senator Klobuchar, Senator Sessions, and Senator Hatch."
"I advocated for increased funding of VAWA programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act."
"I wish that had been available, those things had been available when I was State's attorney."
"You somehow feel you have to keep that hidden."
"Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the tremendous importance of the Violence Against Women Act in these challenging economic times."
"VAWA has done an exemplary job of recognizing, defining, allowing services to go specifically to those communities."
