i have fought to help rape make sureike christie. the state is getting sexual predators off the street by testing every rape evidence kit on every shelf.[applause] it is a very important way to make community safer and to provide victims and their families the comfort of knowing their attackers will be prosecuted. those are just a few examples of how important it is to find common ground. so i want to leave you with this, i will seek common ground, because we all must, but sometimes you have to take a stand on sacred ground. liberty, the freedom to choose what is your future will hold. in the past few weeks i have had so many young women tell me how much it meant to them to see me stand up for them and to be standing alongside them. after the filibuster i've had more than a few come to me and simply cry. what i see in their peers are-- tears are not tears of defeat. instead, their understanding that even if only for a short while, their voices, as much as mine, made a difference in the landscape of what was happening in the state of