I hope I have the gentleman's support on this bill, providing the trained and courageous veterans who are returning home. We are not asking for preferential treatment. What we are asking is that our adjudicators be clearly informed what…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to applaud the House, the Senate and the President for having the courage to attack the important issue of health care. I also want to recognize that the legislation passed by this House in November takes a huge…

There is only $52.8 million in the President's budget for Indian school construction for the entire year.

I saw their new juvenile detention, minimum security facility, which was built 5 years ago. It is absolutely beautiful.

I am glad to see that the Obama Administration is making Indian issues a higher priority than previous Administrations.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I thank Senator Dorgan for his great leadership. For so long, he has been working on this. I have a feeling this is finally going to get done. It is true and we invite the Presiding Officer to visit North Dakota and…

You know, everyone here has an ocean except me.

As you know, I am from Minnesota, which on our license plate it says Land of 10,000 Lakes, but it is really 15,000 lakes.

Mr. Speaker, last week I, too, had a chance to be out in my local district. I was on Main Street in St. Peter, Minnesota. We had great conversations about how small businesses can continue to create and revitalize our economy. But do you…

They are exploiting children. They are continuing the exploitation, the sexual exploitation of children, and how serious this is.

But if that happened to the johns... might the demand go down and may we save some of our children?

Only 70 beds, that is what I heard from Senator Wyden. That is remarkable. That is unbelievable.

I think adult males in this country should be aware of what they are doing.

To what extent is it crucial to stigmatize the people, the men who patronize prostitutes and get everyone to understand that what they are doing is continuing the exploitation of children?

Mr. Speaker, at a town hall meeting in Faribault, Minnesota, just this past Friday night, a small business owner shared his frustrations that I am certain every Member of Congress is hearing from their constituents. And certainly, we heard…

Well, I just want to say that Paul Wellstone was a leader on this issue, and this is something that Minnesota has had its eye on and has been addressing.

I feel very strongly about that. I feel that the victims are the children and the women who are adult children who are the result of this exploitation, and that the adult males who frequent prostitutes are the ones who should be in prison.