with that, senator schatz. mr. schatz: thank you, mr. president. i thank the senior senator from new mexico for his long time leadership on climate and conservation issues. i've been working on this for a long time as many of us on the floor have been working on this for a long time, and i have not been so hopeful in a very, very long time. i'm reminded of the essential elements of success when it comes to an international agreement, and that is american leadership. we still remain the indispensable nation, and we finally reasserted ourselves and reclaimed the moral high ground and the political high ground that put us in a position to stitch together an international agreement. and so one of the observations i'll offer from the paris climate talks is how positive the response was. i think we anticipated that we were going to have to do perhaps more trouble shooting, more allaying of concerns about america's commitment to climate action than we ended up having to do, and that is because people understand that the president is commitmented. people u

said, -- senator schatz said, this is an a stork moment when the international committee finally takes responsibility for climate change in a meaningful way. this is a global problem that cannot be solved by nations alone. together, and with this agreement, we did. we rejoin the event with the pakistani ambassador. >> similarly, the provincial government initiated projects in asversal primary education well as improvement in adult literacy. become a role model for all young girls in accor witnessing girls even in the tribal areas coming forward to get education. i was surprised to learn recently in pakistan that in the medical institutions in text and the girl students outnumber the boys. industry there are something very positive from our point of view that most of these banks are enjoying more women than men. there's a lot of capitation going on because a lot of these students are getting good professional degrees to join the banking sector. similarly, some of the educational fields like engineering and sciences, which were the exclusive domain of 30% toain we see about 40% of women

also mayor libby schatz says the city has not engaged in any specific discussions with the nfl but will keep it in mind when evaluating future options. >>> san francisco police say criminals are working in a new way to rip you off via the u.s. mail. a victim finds a check for $2,000. there's a letter with it that explains you've been chosen to be a mystery shopper. you've been instructed to deposit the $2,000 check at the bank and deduct $200 as payment. then wire the balance back to the fake company and write a review. the check they give you doesn't clear. so the victims won't get any cash, plus they're out the money they wired to the scammers. >>> google and pixar taking an animated approach to teach young girls how to code. it unveiled a coding tutorial featuring inside out movie characters. it's on made with code website. students complete mini tasks and are rewarded with clips from the movie. the goal is to get more young women interested in computer coding and science. the collaboration between the silicon valley giant kicks off computer science education week. >> i think we shou

on senator murray's staff i would like to thank evan schatz and amanderer beaumont, iasia conchola. i would like to thank my staff director david cleary as well as peter opennenhim. hillary knutssen, allison martin, bobby mcmilan, liz wagamuth and taylor holsey. madam president, i yield the floor. mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, i first ask unanimous consent that sarah rosenburg, a fellow with the senate help committee and lauren burdette, a fellow in senator casey's office be granted floor privileges. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: thank you. thank you, madam president. 50 years ago president lyndon johnson returned to the old elementary school he once attended and with him he had a major piece of legislation. at a picnic table on the lawn of the school, president johnson signed into law the elementary and secondary education act or esea. he said with this law he envisioned -- quote -- "full educational opportunity as our first national goal. " our nation has always held the idea

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