Mr. President, I want to make clear that the first amendment we will vote on relative to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act will remove the Hyde amendment which is the longstanding, 39-year consensus that taxpayer funds will not be used to fund abortions. This amendment would completely strip that Hyde amendment, and it would undermine the delicate compromise that has been reached on the important legislation. The next vote we will have will be on that compromise piece of legislation, the Cornyn-Murray-Klobuchar legislation. It would literally cut funding for human trafficking victims as compared to this compromise. I would urge our colleagues to stick with the bipartisan compromise and to vote against the Leahy amendment. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico. Frank R. Lautenberg Safer Chemicals for the 21st Century Act
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