I don't disagree that is part of our problem.

Think how much more we would accomplish if we stopped it from happening in the first place.

Thank you. My time is up, but I will have further follow-up questions on what the press has uncovered, which appear to be war crimes in Iraq by the Iraqi Government and Iraqi military.

I am very honored to also support Senator Collins' bill, which she mentioned earlier, because we have to get resources and assistance to the most vulnerable youth in our communities who are being targeted by these criminals.

In a world as dangerous as today, we are far stronger when we act together.

We tried to check the priorities of whoever was in the White House, whether it was a Democrat or Republican as President.

We have got to stop this devastating crime from happening in the first place.

I have felt that, for 53 years, our policy of unilateral sanctions against Cuba hurt the Cuban Government far more than it hurt the Castro government.

We are putting in jeopardy the ability to post people overseas in dangerous areas safely.

The world seems to be on fire, sometimes literally, in so many parts of the world.

I would agree, but thank you for highlighting that.

Madam President, I rise to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to JoAnne A. Epps

The biggest and most successful of the Federal Government's antipoverty programs next to Social Security, reducing the 2012 poverty rate by 3 percentage points and the poverty rate for children by 6.

Madam President, as I have every year since 2007, I rise today to commemorate Black History Month. This year we are privileged to recognize Dean JoAnne A. Epps, the dean of Temple University's Beasley School of Law. Dean Epps is a woman…

I am very glad you are going to take the step of passing not only Senator Cornyn's bill, but Senator Klobuchar's bill.

This truly is a nonpartisan issue because we all understand that this is something that can impact anyone.

It gives you the protection to speak truth to power, basically.

It is about who we are in the United States of America, that we all have to work together to end modern day slavery.