Talking 60,004 trafficking reasons. I just do not buy it. Guest 60,000 for what . Caller this latest scandal unfolding on the border is creating an influx of immigrants into the nation. Host i guess he does not buy it. Guest ok. Again, what our legislation is about is not kids on the border and hits from other countries. It is about kids born and raised here. What i said previously is that i am concerned that some of the children who are coming up here by themselves are sent here by traffickers and i am worried about if and when they get deported, that they are not put back in the hands of traffickers. That is not what our legislation is addressing. We are addressing a home grown problem. I am mostly talking about girls but boys are affected as well. Lawmakers scoffed at a border funding plan. A democratic congressman is supporting legislation from his colleague, republican senator john cornyn, that some in the democratic party, including those majority leader harry reid have said, to
Lundquist and Safety Community help agencies go through that. There is a Police Accreditation coalition that brings tremendous resources. Some organizations do not have the capacity to support accreditation itself. Those help to help shepherd organizations. Should we require departments to develop a plan to reach accreditation . It is a pretty good the sort of Gold Standard of policing, that they aspire to. But should we rather than just encourage it, should we consider some system where we require departments at least to articulate a plan to get this way . I think a requirement is important, but also the way it is structured to review agencies, does not have investigatory authority, nor are we seeking that. In some ways, if you require it becomes regulatory, which i think prevents the integrity of the process from moving forward. I want to be cautious. I think incentives to support organization is important. A few things. I wonder if any witnesses have any suggestions on how we might
Year. The last longterm bill we passed with safetealu in 2005. That was 10 years ago and that bill was underfunded because of the resistance of raising the gasoline tax or identifying new revenue sources. For over a decade we have failed to address the funding challenges necessary to break the cycle of underinvestment and put this country back on a competitive path with the rest of the world. Today we spend about 1. 7 of g. D. P. On infrastructure while china spends 9 , europe 4. 5 to 5 . We used to spend 4. 5 to 5 also. There is a 800 million backlog. Public transit has an 6 billion backlog of critical maintenance and repair needs which increased by 2. 5 billion each year as bus and Rail Infrastructure ages. While infrastructure crumbles around us, we dont fill the gap in the Highway Trust Fund just to do a longterm bill at current levels. But this week they will put on the floor a tax extenders that will cost 182 billion over 10 years completely unpaid for. Im concerned that we will
The citys finances, its hiring practices and accusations of socalled pay to play politics. A recent poll has found mayor emanuel lead aring 58 to 30 with 9 undecided. The debate was moderated by bill ponce of wttwtv which cohosted the event along with the city club of chicago. This is just under an hour. Smart people may disagree about what makes a great city but part of what makes chicago great is we dont have to agree. To run a city like ours, a lot of issues come up. The city club of chicago is a place to debate those issues ask hear from the men and women whoo shape the policies, lead the t industries and tell the storiesis, that define our city. For the free and open exchange of ideas the city club of chicago. Moderator good evening and is welcome to chicago tonight,ood im phil ponce on this tuesday, march 31st. The final forum between the two candidates running for mayor of chicago, that is the full hour next on chicago tonight. Moderator the stakes in chicagos Mayoral Election c
A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from montana. Mr. Daines i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Daines i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of Senate Resolution 181 submitted earlier today. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk Senate Resolution 181, designating may 19, 2015, as national skitzencephaly awareness day. The presiding officer without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. Mr. Daines i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Daines i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of Senate Resolution 182. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk Senate Resolution 181, expressing the sense of the senate that defense laboratories have been and