When you look at what he has done in child abuse, he hasnt required that any bishop resign, pedophiles, and i dont think that francis has done much in changing the tone or the dialogue on child sexual abuse. He hasnt made any children safer, or removed any bishops or any priests. And thats sad for me, im sad to say. He went to him. He spent 2. 5 billion on compensation and lawyers, and this has been going on for a decade, but youre absolutely watching it. To washington now, president Obama Meeting the titans of academic use today, and four atg into college, and then succeeded when they get there. Price for colleges. During the Obama Administration, the price of college has skyrocketed, 19 , and the cost of Public Institutions has gone up over 20 . A child born in the lower one fifth of the population has only a 5 of making the top income strata in this country. So the Obama Administration today is going to gather some 100 the Eisenhower Office building will be first lady, meshell obama
Quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Mr. Franken mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken further, i ask to be able to speak for up to 20 minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken and i would request that my staffer, ed shelby, be allowed to come to the floor. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken thank you. Thank you, mr. President. I rise today to speak about reopening the government. Were now five days into a Government Shutdown that should never have happened. Minnesotans do not want a Government Shutdown. They want us to do our jobs. Not refight the same old political battles over and over again. With each day of shutdown i hear more and more reports about how it is affecting minnesotans, as im sure the presiding officer hears about it affecting the people of maine. Minnesotans seeking basic Government Services are being turned a
Back our efforts to provide Health Insurance to folks who dont have it. Its all about rolling back the Affordable Care act. This more than anything else seems to be with what the Republican Party stands for these days. I know its strange but one party would make some people uninsured the centerpiece of their agenda but that apparently is what it is. Of course what is stranger still is that shutting down our government and it doesnt accomplish their stated goal. The Affordable Care care act as a law that passed the house and passed the senate and the Supreme Court ruled the constitutional. It was a central issue in last years election. It is settled and it is here to stay. Because of its Funding Sources its not impacted by a Government Shutdown. These americans are here with me today because even though the government disclosed part of the Affordable Care act is now open for business. For them millions like them this is a historic day for a good reason. Its been a long time coming. Toda
Gentleman from kentucky for a minute and a half. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for main and a half. Mr. Rogers i thank the gentleman for the time. This is a bipartisan bill, and i hope every member in this house will be happy to support it. Im glad to see at the very least the senate has plans to take up this bill, stop the presses, the senate is going to take up a bill even if they wont consider most of our other bills. As we wait for the senate to come to the negotiating table on shutting the shutdown down, our federal work force should not wait to find out whether or not theyll be paid. This bill will provide back pay for those workers whove been furloughed in a fair, full and timely manner after the shutdown ends. The house has made Great Strides towards this end. In fact, yesterday, the house has approved 15 different options to fund the government, sent them over to the senate. Sadly, the only response is a loud snore. I hope this bill, which i
They want to have those groups in charge of public order in their community. So it is troubling that we dont seem more support for the police and courts, and it is perturbing because as the National Academy of sciences quite correctly says, we have seen amazing gains in the quality of policing services of america, effectiveness in fighting crime, professionalism and other ways. So lets look at refocusing on the issues of right now. And i certainly dont mean this to be a criticism because i think actually a refocus would be going back to what i understand to be some of the core ideas that are in the original theory. In particular, if the police are going to gain support from the public by addressing public needs, we have to recognize that, perhaps, the public concern, the needs are different now than they were in earlier eras were there was of focus on fear of crime. In fact, its a good time to reconsider the Public Relationship to the police because crime is low, as we are all in ackno