[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           LYNCH NOMINATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, today we will be considering the 
President's nominee for Attorney General, Loretta Lynch. Last month I 
said the Senate would consider this nominee as soon as we passed an 
all-important antislavery bill, and today we will consider the nominee. 
We could not have been more pleased to see the legislation, the Justice 
for Victims of Trafficking Act pass by an overwhelming majority of 99 
to 0, yesterday.
  Senator Cornyn and the entire Republican conference made this 
antislavery bill a priority because the suffering of these victims is 
simply unconscionable. As the new majority, we decided these victims 
had waited long enough. We wanted to make it an early legislative 
priority. It was time to act and finally to give the victims of modern 
slavery the help and hope they have long waited for.
  Now, we can finally say that help is on the way. Victims, advocates, 
and all the Members of this body who negotiated in good faith, and 
Senator Cornyn in particular, who never gave up, should take heart in 
yesterday's outcome. I would urge the House and the President to enact 
this bill quickly.

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