Ben Cardin: “This committee has a great tradition of working across party lines and working with the executive branch on foreign…”

You have found the Achilles hill of the Putin regime. They rape, torture and kill with impunity and keep their ill-gotten gains in the West.

I will withhold my request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maryland. ____________________

I come to the floor today out of my concern for the victims of human trafficking. Nearly two and half decades ago, Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. In an effort to eliminate this scourge of modern-day slavery at home…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment, where applicable, be agreed to; that the bills, as amended, if amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motions to reconsider be considered…