again, I thank my colleague from South Dakota, who has been at the forefront. Getting this bill through the Commerce Committee with a unanimous vote, frankly, exceeded expectations. Many on the outside thought this might be an opportunity…

I am pleased to be joined by my colleagues this morning in this Chamber as we begin the process of debating the amendments that are being offered and moving toward a final vote on this important legislation to deal with sex trafficking…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy on this legislation with some of my leadership colleagues who are present: first, Senator John Thune, the chair of the Commerce Committee, who has been very involved in this issue; Senator…

I thank my colleague for the expertise and experience she has brought to this effort. As she said, in the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, we spent 18 months digging deep, trying to figure out why this was happening, why we had an…

I thank Senator McCaskill, Senator Blumenthal, and the other Members who came to speak. We will continue this dialogue tomorrow on the floor before passage. I yield back. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Rubio). The Senator from Ohio.

Yes. Mrs. McCASKILL. And then our going all the way to the Supreme Court and winning was finally the first time backpage had to turn over the dirty evidence of its knowingly facilitating sex trafficking on its page. That is why this…

I know there are other Members who are interested in speaking. Let me just say, Senator Blumenthal's role as a prosecutor has informed him; therefore, the legislation is better for it. We just heard what Senator Blumenthal said. He…

last night I came to the floor to talk about legislation we are debating in the Senate this week that has to do with combating human trafficking, an issue that every Senator in the Chamber cares about. Last night, I talked about some of…

We need to have a source for enriched uranium.

we just had a vote in this Chamber on a very significant piece of legislation. It was the motion to proceed to it. It was agreed to with good Republican and Democratic majorities, with both sides of the aisle supporting moving to this…

The Obama Administration, toward the end of its term, pulled the plug on the new generation of enrichment.

let's not pull the plug on the barter until we have the appropriations.