ms. walker i think hopefully, they did a wonderful job and another young man, i metaphor the first time that was eloquent in speaking and explained what was going on and yesterday they got had my stamp of approval. i'm here supporting the project because number one their people like me working at this site despite the rest of the city with all the construction. you got cranes all over the city and job sites all over the city if i had a survey you wouldn't see people like me but in bayview at the shvpd i have one question on whoever is changing the name from bayview hunters point shipyard i'm going to sit down to get an explanation to you, explain it to my community. but i'm quite pleased how things are going in the hunters point shipyard. that's quite a craft because i'm name is asia, in fact, i'm celebrating over 25 years of services to the san francisco city for the amendment negro black man. i'm going to do a survey to see if we're black or negro are we colored or african-american. one thing is clear we're insignificant in the city ain't that a pity. i'm going support this project but i'l

ms. ortiz walker pedigrew who testified before the crimes subcommittee after being failed by the foster care system, and ms. elizabeth corey, who recently graduated from virginia commonwealth university despite being prostituted by her family, starting as young as 8 years old. and the dozens of other victims of this heinous crime who have been identified in just virginia alone in recent years as well as the many other victims and survivors that exist in all of our states. the sale of children for sex sounds like something that could only happen in faraway places, but sadly it is happening right here in the united states every single day. according to the f.b.i., sex trafficking is the fastest growing business of organized crime, and the third largest criminal enterprise in the world. criminal organizations, including some of the most violent criminal street gangs like ms-13, have realized that selling children is oftentimes more profitable than selling drugs. this is because drugs can only be sold once, but minor children can be and are prostituted multiple times a day. and sadly, the demand

walker bush. they want to put those on this bill. you've got to be kidding. something as serious as that. so i object to the modification. ms. landrieu: -- unable to modify my request, and i hope we can move forward at some time with a vote on the energy efficiency bill and the keystone pipeline. the presiding officer: there is objection to the modification. is there objection to the original request? a senator: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mrs. boxer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: before senator shaheen and other senators speak, i want to say how disappointed i am because energy efficiency is so good for this country, and they have stopped it because they want to repeal the clean air act. let's call it what it is. it's really a sad state of affairs. i was so looking forward not only to the debate on energy efficiency, but frankly, the debate on the keystone pipeline which my republican friends say is a major priority. if they felt it was a major priority, why have they filibustered this bill when we could have made that deal that they came up with in t