Political Quotes

“today has been a busy and productive day in the Senate--quite a historic day in many ways. We passed the Voting Rights Act, significant legislation on which we had very good debate and discussion over the course of the day. It is a bill that has been passed by the House of Representatives last week and was passed through our Judiciary Committee yesterday, came to the floor today, and passed a few moments ago. We confirmed four of the President's judicial nominations and about an hour ago we passed the Adam Walsh bill, a bill that establishes a national sex offender registry that toughens penalties for crimes against children that directly, and in a tough fashion, combats Internet predators and child pornography and child exploitation, that prevents abuse. I mentioned in my remarks a few moments ago, four children die as a result of child abuse every day, and although a lot of States do have registries, this information is not shared with other States. I am delighted we were able to create this national child abuse registry which, indeed, will make such a difference in people's lives. As I mentioned earlier, also, we will not have any votes during tomorrow's session. We are working on some further agreements for tomorrow's session, and on Friday I will have an update as to the schedule for Monday and Tuesday. ____________________”