To that end ive been proud to have worked with many senators on both sides of the aisle senators heitkamp, gillibrand, Ayotte Murkowski on a simple yet straightforward amendment which incentivizes state and federal cooperation on this important issue. The mann act cooperation amendment will free up federal resources by allowing state attorneys general and local d. A. s to prosecute Human Trafficking cases that would otherwise be a sign to federal government prosecutors or if federal government prosecutors do not have the resources to take on such cases oftentimes theyre not going to be pursued. At the same time this amendment preserves the federal prosecutors ability to exercise prosecutorial options while importantly increasing transparency about decisions made on Human Trafficking cases. Mr. President , in Human Trafficking cases its often local investigators and local prosecutors who have the most information on these cases. As alaskas attorney general i saw this firsthand. We usual
Post your comments on facebook. Com cspan. Us,can also email journal cspan. Org. The front page of the wall street journal frames the issue of poverty with the headline we want to get your thoughts this morning. Start dialing and now. It can also go to our social media pages and join the conversation there. The wall street journal says this as well. Those six republicans joined all including senators ayotte, murkowski, portman, and coats. The Washington Post reports this morning the president obama made coat made phone calls to sever all those republicans and urged them to vote yes on a procedural vote. This is part of the overall theme by democrats wanting to highlight what they call income inequality. Chad and override chad in rhode island, what you think . I think that we have lost the war on poverty. Thank you for your time. Host why do you say that . Caller when you have people working on a daily basis and have to apply to food stamps and , when our jobs have been shipped overseas