Jay Rockefeller: “The United States has always been and still is a place that attracts talented people from all across the country and all…”

We need to provide more transitional housing and more training for law enforcement, counselors, and healthcare workers to make it easier for victims to come forward.

We are talking about dealing with everything from continuing resolutions, all of the appropriations, what are we going to do about ISIS, and all the rest of it, in a lame duck session forum.

We urge Congress to, first and foremost, adopt a 4-year extension of CHIP funding through 2019.

I thank Senator Leahy for attempting to address my concerns about this bill. I thank his committee staff for working with my committee staff to insert clarifying report language.