On the recordDecember 13, 2018
Madam President, I thank the chairman. I wanted to speak for a minute to thank Senator Blunt for his work on the bill. This is a bill that fundamentally changes the way sexual harassment cases are handled in the Senate and in the House. The process we have will now protect victims of harassment instead of protecting politicians. This was the work of many people. I thank Leader McConnell and Senator Schumer, as well as the House leaders. I thank Senators Gillibrand, Murray, Cortez Masto, Capito, and Fischer from the Committee on Rules. And there are so many staff members I will thank later when we do additional speeches. This was something we had to get done by the end of the year. Getting rid of that cooling-off period, getting rid of a lot of the Byzantine way these cases were being handled--this is going to be better for victims. I am proud the Senate has come together on a bipartisan basis to get this bill done. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont. S.J. Res. 54
