mrs. feinstein: mr. president. the presiding officer: the gentlewoman from california. mrs. feinstein: in response to the senator, i'm very happy to accept the invitation. we can sit down and continue to work on this, but i would -- i would point out that these three provisions have tremendous support -- the tribal sovereignty, the protections for the lgbt community, and the spouse protection when the spouse has a weapon. so those are -- are rather difficult, i think, over here. they were not in the house, but who knows? maybe we can work something out. i'm happy to try. ms. ernst: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. ms. ernst: mr. president, the violence against women act turned 25 years old this year, and as many of us are aware, this law provides desperately needed resources to tackle domestic and sexual abuse in our communities. and, folks, it needs to be reauthorized. i wasn't in the senate the last time this bill was passed. that was in 2013. and i wanted to be part of the process of getting the bill done this time around. as a woman, as a survi

mrs. feinstein: i rise today to speak on the violence against to speak on the violence against >> the violence against women reauthorization act of 2019 this bill passed the house 263 / 168 with 33 republicans supporting it. one week ago along with every other senate democrat i introduce the bill in the senate people on the front lines wrote this bill it is not a democratic bill it is not a republican bill. this bill is a survivors bill. it is written with the help of survivors who know what is needed in the real world. the bill accomplishes two things that preserves the advancement of the last authorization in 2013 and includes many improvements to the law and incu particular there are three key points. it expands jurisdiction over non- native americans for domestic violence and crimes against children elders and law enforcement violence is a big problem on tribal land the best way to address it is allow the tribes to prosecute the crimes unfortunately someone it want to circumvent the tribal justice system that works moving us in the wrong direction second to build upon existing antidiscrimi

mrs. feinstein: i rise today to speak on the violence against to speak on the violence against >> the violence against women reauthorization act of 2019 this bill passed the house 263 / 168 with 33 republicans supporting it. one week ago along with every othese

mr. chairman and ranking member feinstein. i'm happy to be here to testify today. >> if you can keep it to a couple minutes that would be great. >> i'm going to revise my statement downward. the chairman of the oversight board which is intended and bipartisan executive branch agency dedicated to ensure efforts to protect against her but some are balanced to protect civil liberties and i just want to mention my remarks today are in my individual capacity as the chair man and do not reflect the views of my other bipartisan colleagues. we talked a great deal today about the contours and origins of the program so i'm going to stick to skip to those and what information we can provide to the committee. in the upcoming reauthorization deadline come our board has reviewed the collection of detailed records under the usa freedom act that investigation involved mum this affect findings. recently submitted a report of the community for accuracy in classification review. the draft contained the company account of the technical operationa

feinstein. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to welcome you. it's wonderful for me to see a woman in charge so we can celebrate for a few brief moments o at least. [laughter] you are responsible for the care s d custody of over 180,000 federal inmates, and one of the justice department's largest employers with approximately 35,500 employees as of may of this year. as the chairman mentioned, there are two issues i hope that we can focus on. one is the first step act which was mentioned in the second is problems with staffing and conditions within your department. i'm going to put most of this in the record. i think what i will do in the interest of time is just that the statement in the record. >> without objection. >> last year congress came togetheres and passed what i consider to be one of the most important criminal justice reform laws in the generation. the first step act passed by overwhelming majority and was signed by president trump and we now have an obligation to insure that it's properly implemented. i think the chair for holding thi

mrs. feinstein: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much, mr. president. i rise today -- the presiding officer: the senate is? a quorum call. -- is in a quorum call. mrs. feinstein: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much, mr. president. i rise today to speak on the violence against -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mrs. feinstein: i ask the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. feinstein: i rise today to speak on the violence against women reauthorization act of 2019. this bill passed the house by a vote of 263-158, with 33 republicans supporting it. a week ago, along with every other senate democrat, i introduced the bill in the senate. people on the front lines helping these victims wrote these bills -- this bill. this bill is is not a democratic bill. it's not a republican bill. this bill is a survivors' bill. it's written with the help of survivors who know what's needed in the real wor