I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up my amendment No. 301. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The…

I understand there are 4 more minutes on this side. Am I correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There are 2\1/2\ minutes of debate remaining on the Democratic side.

I yield back our time. Vote on Amendment No. 301 The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time having been yielded back, under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to amendment No. 301, offered by the Senator from Vermont, Mr. Leahy.

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in the Record of March 16, 2015, under ``Text of Amendments.'')

I appreciate what the Senator from Texas has said. We have worked together. I hope we continue to do this, but before I talk about my substitute, I want to yield the floor to the distinguished Senator from Washington State. The PRESIDING…

my substitute amendment, No. 301, brings together three very important bills that provide a comprehensive approach to preventing human trafficking and help survivors rebuild their lives. First, it includes the…

I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment to call up amendment No. 290. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The…

my bipartisan amendment to prevent human trafficking includes important language to prohibit discrimination against homeless children. The language should be familiar to most Senators here. It is nearly identical to what we voted for…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in the Record of March 11, 2015, under ``Text of Amendments.'') The…

I thank the Senator from North Dakota for her very, very strong statement. We sometimes talk about numbers and this and that. It is when you talk about real cases that we understand what we are talking about here. We are going to consider…

I realize the devil is always in the details. I see the distinguished senior Senator from Texas on the floor and I hope we are getting somewhere on trafficking. I appreciate the fact that this body, when we were doing the Violence Against…

today, we will be voting to confirm Judge George Hanks, who has been nominated to be a Federal district judge in the Southern District of Texas. Judge Hanks is just the second judicial nominee that we have voted to confirm more than 3…

We should not spend scarce resources on States that make no efforts to comply with JJDPA and we should never tolerate fraud on the local, State, or Federal levels.

These measures are not only good for business, but they will help Cuba's agricultural capacity and make the island a better trading partner in the long run.

Cuba has used our embargo as a phony excuse for its own failed policies.

Last week's actions by the President are a step forward in normalizing a relationship and will test the commitment of the Cubans to this process.

We have the ability to help them gain control of their own lives, but we can also expand markets for American farmers selling their product.

We need to reauthorize this statute and revive its mission.

This will allow us to do that, but also let the Cuban people see that it is their own government, not the United States, that is to blame for the poverty and dysfunction and repression in their country.

I have been encouraged by the Department's response to Chairman Grassley's inquiries and I look forward to hearing more about how OJJDP will address compliance issues going forward.

The commitment to democratic ideas and human rights we share as Americans are best realized through engagement.

Loretta Lynch's nomination to be Attorney General has languished on the Senate floor for 48 days. This unnecessary wait time is twice as long as the last seven Attorney General nominees combined. Under any standard, she is not being…

If property is going to be seized, just as though somebody is going to be fined or sent to prison or anything else, you have got to have due process.

We also find that they are used to help victims of crime.

I think that can be done, but I will work with you on this.