Mr. Toomey mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Toomey thank you, mr. President. I am going to make a unanimous consent request, b but first i want to say a few words about the legislation about which the request pertains, and i want to thank my senate my colleague, senator bob casey, for joining me on this. It was back in 2014 that senator casey and i introduced the Eric Williams correctional officer protection act. Its a bipartisan bill, mr. President , and i. T. Got a simple idea its got a simple idea. The side to better enable those men and women who protect us every day by working as corrections officers, to better enable them to protect themselves in the very dangerous environments in which they go to work every day. Amazingly enough, under the bureau of prison policy, Prison Guards are often placed on duty guarding large numbers of inmates by themselves, unarmed, and with no meaningful way to defend themselves. Officer Eric Williams of wayne c
Announcer washington journal continues. Host we continue our focus on wisconsin as part of washington journals midterm battleground series. Our rest is university of wisconsin madison lytic vassar Political Science Professor Larry burton. What is it about wisconsin that makes it a battleground state . And not just this cycle but at least since the year 2000 and maybe even before that. Guest i think that is what is stunning about wisconsin, it remains competitive even as the demographic in the state shifts. Like many states, there is in flux and out flux, populations in different parts of the state but there is sort of a magical balance that, as democrats, they gain democrats makings in one place, republicans gain elsewhere and they seem to offset perfectly. An example in madison, there is a large democratic vote thing to growing, booming part of the state, delivering a lot of votes to democrats but seems to be offset almost perfectly by the rise of republican votes in rural parts of th
Announcer washington journal continues. Host we continue our focus on wisconsin as part of washington journals midterm battleground series. Our rest is university of wisconsin madison lytic vassar Political Science Professor Larry burton. What is it about wisconsin that makes it a battleground state . And not just this cycle but at least since the year 2000 and maybe even before that. Guest i think that is what is stunning about wisconsin, it remains competitive even as the demographic in the state shifts. Like many states, there is in flux and out flux, populations in different parts of the state but there is sort of a magical balance that, as democrats, they gain democrats makings in one place, republicans gain elsewhere and they seem to offset perfectly. An example in madison, there is a large democratic vote thing to growing, booming part of the state, delivering a lot of votes to democrats but seems to be offset almost perfectly by the rise of republican votes in rural parts of th
Seven People Arrested During Drug Raid On Thursday June 15, 2017 members of the Lake Wales Police Department and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) served two search warrants; one at 108 Dr. J A Wiltshire Avenue W and one at 107 A Street Lake Wales. Earlier this year,…