Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when I have completed my statement, Senator Harkin be permitted to take the floor at that time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Ryan Budget

I wish to thank Senator Harkin because he and I were spending a little time together in the great State of our Presiding Officer, and he and I agreed that one of the issues that ought to be talked about a little bit more involves the stark…

Mr. President, today I rise to pay tribute to the great talents and accomplishments of Gore Vidal, the extraordinary American writer who died this week at age 86 in California, where he spent the last 9 years of his life. Gore Vidal was a…

Yes. And the immigrant women, as the Senator has discussed, which Senator Blumenthal pointed out, are the most vulnerable because they are so afraid of their status, they are very scared to report that someone is raping them, beating them…

Finally, I hope, when my friend makes the unanimous consent request, to take the very same text of the Violence Against Women Act, which passed this body with well over 60 votes, and put it into a bill that would overcome the technical…

I have two more points, and then I will yield to my friend so she can make the unanimous consent request. Isn't it also true that the excuse Speaker Boehner is giving as to why he will not take up and pass the bipartisan Leahy-Crapo bill…

Isn't it fair to say that the 30 million people we cover--which the House leaves out--include college students, enhanced protections for them on campus; the LGBT community; Native American communities; and undocumented immigrants; is that…

Isn't it fair to say that the House bill--their version of the Violence Against Women Act left out the most vulnerable people who are the most susceptible to violence?

Is it not correct that the House passed its version and left out 30 million Americans?

As my friend pointed out, is it not true that when you look at rates of violence against these particular people in our communities, they are higher than the population at large?

I have a question, and I want to make sure everyone listening to this debate gets what is about to happen. Is it not true that the Senate passed the bipartisan Leahy-Crapo Violence Against Women Act with well more than 60 votes?

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2012 with Senators Hutchison, Casey, Snowe, Shaheen, Gillibrand and Scott Brown. A companion bill was also introduced in the House of Representatives today by…