I express my point of view.

Is there anything in the CEDAW treaty which would require us to change any laws, existing laws, relative to women when it comes to their reproductive rights or rights to marriage?

America has experienced its greatest years since women's suffrage and the women's rights movement during the 1960s

Women's Rights Are Human Rights: U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

At least the last four that I can recall usually faced some question from the other side of the aisle about the impact of international law on America's decisions in our courts.

Perhaps one day soon, if the Senate ratifies CEDAW, we can answer them back.

So do they think less of the way we treat women and girls? Or does it eliminate our authority or reduce our authority in addressing issues overseas?

So, absolutely, our laws prohibiting sex discrimination are something we can be very proud of and something that should give us great confidence in ratifying this treaty.

It helps us to be a leader in human rights and to encourage good conduct around the world to give women and children, those with disabilities, and people who are victims of racial discrimination good treatment.

We need to ratify CEDAW so that we can more effectively lead the fight for women's rights in corners of the globe where women and girls are subjected to the most extreme forms of violence and degradation simply for exercising their…

U.S. ratification will send a powerful and unequivocal message about our commitment to equality for women across the globe.

I have to say, in looking at the extraordinary testimony of Ms. Frogh sitting next to me, how important it is for the United States to be a force.

I should have added that, asks the IRS to investigate Crossroads GPS and other organizations.

I cannot remember how many pages were in the McCain-Feingold bill. I voted for it. I believed in it. I did not count the pages. I thought he was on the right track to change campaign financing in America. It was a bipartisan bill, and I…

One of the first amendments we will consider is a 5-percent across-the-board cut. There is some surface appeal to this because it is almost like taking money and not leaving any fingerprints because you do not have to pick the different…

Can really take away my health insurance protection. I ask the Senator from Iowa, hasn't he heard, as I have from people in my State, how vulnerable they are when you empower health insurance companies to bail out when you need them the…

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if you opened the newspaper over the last several weeks, you have probably noticed a large full-page advertisement that has appeared almost every day. It shows, usually, a young person, and it has a caption that reads: ``A hundred thousand…

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let me thank the Senator from North Dakota. He is retiring. We are going to miss him. He has been a powerful voice in the Senate and no more powerful on any issue than on this one, talking about American jobs and how we are giving them…

I rise today to recognize the critical role of structural steel in our Nation's infrastructure and industrial economy. Today, September 24, 2010, is the second annual SteelDay and is being celebrated through events nationwide. These events…

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I must reclaim my time and say to the Senator from Oklahoma, he cannot tell me how badly he feels for these victims and then stop the bill with which we are trying to protect them. The Senator cannot tell me he wants reform and then reject…

I would like to offer to the Senator from Oklahoma a compromise and tell him I have spent much of the time he was speaking reading S. 3832, a one-page bill, which calls for a plan within 60 days from USDA and FDA and within 1 year a joint…