I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 12, 2015, at 10:30 a.m., in room SD-562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

all week we have been on an important piece of legislation on the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. Just to remind everybody, this is a bill to treat child prostitutes not as criminals but as the victims they are--obviously, beneath…

I hold the Senate seat that was first held by Senator Sam Houston who actually resigned his seat as Governor of Texas rather than participate in secession. He was a Union man and believed in the Union. I know the Senator from Illinois has…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 12, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Protecting…

I say to my friend, it was marked up or passed out of the Judiciary Committee roughly a month later.

I will say to my friend that he is correct. That includes the strikeout provisions of the substitute, so actually the text is roughly half of that. The provisions our friends across the aisle suddenly woke up and discovered--apparently a…

I say to my friend from South Dakota, he is exactly correct. This has been the law of the land for 39 years. This is an area that has been very controversial--that is abortion, generally--and this has been a rare area of bipartisan…

I wish to express my gratitude to the Senator from South Dakota. We have neglected perhaps the most important person in this process; that is, the Senator from Iowa, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who responded to a letter…

if I could interject. The Senator from South Dakota is exactly right. I will add to that that not only does this enjoy broad bipartisan support within the Senate and Congress, we have more than 200 law enforcement and victim rights…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Human Trafficking

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 12, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it so ordered. Subcommittee on Strategic…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 12, 2015, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Visa Waiver Program: Implications…