Like to ask a question, please email them. Welcome. Would you like to begin . You. Jolly a sincere thank be aw we wanted this to bipartisan effort right out of the gate. We did accomplish that. I will spend a couple of minutes talking about the actual construct. I think the narrative has been told and i will give you a little of my perspective and i know rick has comments as well. In many states, including the state of florida, state legislators are prohibited from raising money when in session. The ballot and elected in the state of florida as well as a total of 30 states are prohibited from directly campaigng contributions. The prohibition was upheld by the u. S. Supreme court. The Supreme Court indicated prohibition might be itstitutional, but perhaps would require different construct for elected officials in the legislative quality. I took a model and said lets of why it to congress. The act is very simple, it is four pages and every member of congress can read it before we vote on
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Im pleased two of the bills i have authored are part of the Senate Version. It would be ripped out by the republican version, so i strongly support the Bipartisan Senate version, one i authored with representative poe in a bipartisan way. And that was the safer act. This took the monies and directed justice not to just spend money but process the backlog of d. N. A. Kits to put rapists behind bars and the campus save act. There is too much violence on campus. One in five women will be assaulted on College Campuses. This would require colleges to keep students safe. And also the bipartisan important antitrafficking bill is part of it. I urge my colleagues in a bipartisan, historic way, to reauthorize and pass the violence against women act, the Senate Version. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. The gentleman from florida. Mr. Nugent continue to reserve. Ms. Slaughter i yield two minutes to the the gentlewoman from california, ms. Matsui the speaker pro
I mean, in your state, im one point, two points, and even in three polls. One, point, two points, and even. He used the word somewhat, which may depend on who is judging. Trump is now in a new alltime low in that abc poll. He trails clinton by 12 points. Meanwhile, clinton focusing on the downballot elections and got a boost from senator Elizabeth Warren who went right after trump. He thinks that because he has money, that he can call women fat pigs and bimbos. He thinks because he is a celebrity, that he can rate womens bodies from one to ten. Well, ive got news for you, donald trump women have had it with guys like you. And nasty women have really had it with guys like you now, later this week, Hillary Clinton will get another lift from a bigname supporter. Shes going to go to North Carolina and appear with first Lady Michelle obama. Nbcs katy tur is in tampa, florida, where his second rally of the day will be held next hour. Katy, you have been on this road with donald trump for a l
When its now. We have breaking news in the race for president. We are here and here feels like Bernie Sanders. The vermont senator, he just released new fund raising numbers. 34. 5 million in the fourth quarter. And youre going to remember this quarter for him started with a heart attack three months ago. That is an impressive number. We have a couple other numbers in at this point. You can see former south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg raised about 24. 7 million. Businessman andrew yang, 16. 5 million. We want to also note, this is a little bit different, little apples and oranges right now. The president s Campaign Announced 46 million for the last quarter. Back to the democrats, though, that is whats important this morning. The Iowa Caucuses just one month away. We could hear from the warren and biden campaigns soon on their numbers. Also we want to bring you these dramatic, remarkable, troubling images of the extent of the damage at the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. The iranbacked militia