Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I first of all want to thank Senator Cornyn. We have been working on these bills for over 1 year. I want to thank Senator Leahy and Senator Grassley for their leadership on the Judiciary Committee, Senator Murray for her work in negotiating this agreement and working with us, as well as so many other people who have been involved in working on this bill. Through the last month, I think every so often people have forgotten what this really is about. This is about victims of sex trafficking, with an average age of 12 years old--not even old enough to get their own driver's license, not even old enough to go to a high school prom. Yet this is happening all over the country, from the oil patches of North Dakota to the suburbs of Minneapolis. What this bill does and what this Senate is doing today is saying we want to be there in our country for these victims. We are going to pay for services. We are actually going to change some policies so that when we go to the rest of the world and look at something that is now the third biggest international criminal enterprise in the world, when we look at what Boko Haram is doing in Nigeria and in other countries, we can hold our heads up high and say that in the Senate we are finally doing something about this and our country is united across party lines against this practice. Again, I thank Senator Cornyn for what he has done. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority whip.”