And girls that emphasizes how pressing and pervasive this problem is on our campuses. I am attending an initiative in connecticut to try to raise awareness about it and i would like your commitment that you will work with me and others on this committee on this issue. I look forward to working with you on that important issue in the statistics are alarming. 20 of all young women are either assaulted or an attempt of an Sexual Assault. Usually this happens and there freshmen are early part of their sophomore years. We have used those statistics in the work of the task force of the president has put together to deal with that issue and we look forward to working with you and other members of congress and trying to come up with meaningful ways that we can deal with an issue that has too often been if not ignored not given the attention it deserves. Just so no one thinks that this issue nearly involves rhetoric. There is a legal basis for legal action and federal title ix in protecting wom
Let me just say on the issue of trafficking i welcome your comments on that score. I have proposed a resolution, bipartisan resolution with my colleague rob portman who is not a member of this committee basically saying that there should be more vigorous enforcement of these laws particularly around the time of the super bowl because the trafficking on web sites like back page. Com and tends to increase during this time so i welcome your comments. And let me just add briefly, to take senator leahys comments, i want to thank you and the department of justice for really over these past years viewing these legal issues on their merits, on their legal merits putting politics aside. The Justice Department went through a dark area in my view under the Previous Administration when politics far too often became part of the analysis and i want to thank the career, Justice Department employees who worked so hard and long under you to make sure that the rule of law is berserk. Let me turn to a pa
they claim they did not know she was a major obama donor. and new fallout from an incredible story on the army ranger who stole the show. corey rensburg nearly died on his tenth deployment. a roadside bomb in afghanistan, leaving him in a coma for three months, partially paralyzed and brain damaged. but he has never given up. and during six hours of therapy, and the story leading to this incredible support, on capitol hill. [ applause ] president obama even saying that sergeant rensburg working toward the day when he can serve his country again. earlier today, however, nbc news s political editor started a debate when he sent a twitter message saying that obama s ending on rensburg was not just a story about america, it was
mean? let s honor it and let it be what it is. a great pampered ivy league kid who succeeded as the commander-in-chief compares in no way. the frustrating thing, did he ever really believe in it in the way that corey remsburg invested and fought and sacrificed for. that is an open question and very much a problem. one last question, woody allen and mia farrow s son sent out a tweet. corey struggles on the left side. quoting the president. congress relates. basically trying to crack a joke about congress and using this man s disability to set it up. your thoughts on that. i mean, ronan struggles, i don t need to know him. to make a statement it just indicates how little he truly understands. it is why marcus luttrell stated
don t even require screening. time for a look who is talking and this morning retired is arm me major is talking about this moment in the state of the union. general scales said this from the standing ovation on the record. it just broke my heart. this great guy, sergeant first class corey rensburg ten tours in iraq and afghanistan in ten years. what does that say about the over commitment of our army? and here s the president who uses him as an icon for the state of the union, yet the very service that he comes from, the army have 85 percent of its brigade not combat ready.