It is a privilege for me to be here today to introduce a man that i have not met until today dance i already admired. Senator tom cotton was a student at Harvard Law School on september 11, 2001. One of the most tragic venice day of the internation. On that day tom cotton made the decision that he was going to serve the United States in uniform on the front lines. After law school he joined the 101st Airborne Division of the u. S. Army. When he volunteered for service the recruiter was taken by surprise. Tom cotton the harvard law graduate did not wish to be a jake lawyer, he wanted to be an infantry man, while serving here in the bronze star, the combat infantry man badge in the ranger he served in iraq and subsequently in afghanistan. After serving in iraq before serving in afghanistan he was assigned to the armies third infantry regiments. Known as the old guard. The old guard is United States oldest activeduty regiment dating back to 1784. Today, the old guard is a ceremonial unit
The United Nations is calling for calm in eastern democratic republic of congo after hundreds of protesters in the city of bennys storms un buildings and set fire to the Mayors Office at least 4 people were killed by gunfire but the u. N. Denies that its peacekeepers shot as anyone sort of reports. That this is the moment protesters in beni were shot from inside a United Nations compound cut above it people accuse the u. N. Mission in the democratic republic of congo of failing to protect them against the allied Democratic Forces rebel groups. Determined to kick out one of the biggest peacekeeping missions in the world protesters stormed this u. N. Building and a few others such as such suffering a lot because of killing in. Everyone for your entire lives ive lost my mother and father to the rebels im the only survivor the un must start celebrities phillips un wont leave them we wont stop with strong people who lost many of our brothers and sisters to the river killings was on saturday
I think one of the last bits of research showed that about one percent of males had been victims of Sexual Assault within the past year in the military that equals to about 20000 you get labeled as a body and thats the nice term to be related to so its one of the things that you just dont you dont talk about it or you dont bring in it what is your sense you just kind of keep yourself really really hard there for you. You know. They live in my head you know i can hear them. I can see their faces i can sue but theyre doing me. So i felt scared. And i was scared to tell my friends the people that really knew me the truth about what happened the shame as bad as it is for women is even worse for men because its all tied in with him a phobia the people who are doing the raping are not gay thats not the problem theyre worried about gays in the military the gays are not the rapists theyre heterosexual man for the most part this is not an issue of Sexual Orientation this is simply an issue powe
Lost without her i mean honest to god i couldnt i couldnt get up every morning without my wife. You know. And i told i felt horrified and i felt sad and i felt angry and you know along the course of the evening you know feelings just started to surface that were probably just simmering for a very very long time and she put her arms around me and were both there and saw it was like. This great weight had been lifted off for me. I think its important to recognize that military sexual trauma is not limited to women and in fact when it comes to the absolute numbers because of the proportion of men in much larger numbers than women actually the numbers are even greater. I think one of the last bits of research showed that about one percent of males had been victims of Sexual Assault within the past year in the military that equals to about 20000 you get labeled as a body and thats a. Term to be related to so its one of the things that you just dont you dont talk about it or you dont bring i
Quorum call mr. Cardin madam president. The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin thank you, madam president. I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or bridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Equal rights amendment. Most americans believe its part of our constitution today. But its not. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stated, and i quote, every constitution written since the end of world war ii includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Our does not. The state of maryland has a provision very similar to that in its state constitution. Many of our states have acted on the equal rights amendment. But as Justice Scalia, the late Justice Scalia said, certainly the constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesnt. W