the last time we had a vawa reauthorization was vawa 2013. and so we are high past time to be addressing this very significant matter. no compromise is perfect. i think everyone recognizes that. but what has been developed through this framework is a proposal that will really help to prevent violence, to support our survivors, to hold perpetrators to account. and the effort to be here where we are today on the floor speaking to this is one thing, but we all want to get to that next step, which is filing the legislation so we can get it moving through this process. and i look forward to doing that in the new year. i can tell you, as a senator from alaska, this is an extraordinarily pressing issue in my state. and as the vice chairman of the indian affairs committee, i can affirm that this is a very real need across native lands. and it is the disproportionate victimization of native people that i want to focus my comments on today. by now i would hope that every senator understands the crisis of missing, murdered indigenous women and girls. we

i was wondering if you support the bipartisan proposal on vawa that was released. sen. mcconnell: i have not taken a look at that recently. >> you said inflation was a number one issue for you. what you think the american people who are feeling it might now, not spending more money, with you would be hard to think that would happen. what would you say to folks at home? sen. mcconnell: the single best thing we can do for the american people is to kill the reckless tax and spending spree, quit doing what we have been doing, which larry summers accurately predicted produced exactly that. i think a 40-year high inflation rate has everybody's attention. we need to quit doing the wrong things. i'm going to take one more. >> going way back [inaudible] -- to what you were state foreign operations subcommittee chair and you got a lot of interest in foreign budgets and aid and everything, do you support ted cruz doing a blanket hold of state department nominees? sen. mcconnell: i think he has a pretty reasonable request. he is trying to get a vote on nordstream 2, and frequently,

. >> reporter: iowa senator joni ernst, a survivor herself, has been working to reauthorize vawa sincepired in 2019, stalled by controversial provisions like stricter gun restrictions which some of her fellow republicans oppose. >> this is not a gun control bill. it is a violence against women bill. >> reporter: but after years of ngotiations and intense lobbying from celebrities like angelina jolie, ernst and a bipartisan group of senators aim to introduce a bill early next year after reaching a framework this month to expand access and programs for those like fawn. >> we need to know that people care, that people are going to believe us when we tell our story. >> reporter: to prevent future ones from being told. nikole killion, cbs news, capitol hill. >> garrett: tonight, a bit of american ingenuity. we look at how the next generation is tackling two pressing problems: food waste and climate change.ate change. he here is cbs' catherine herridge. >> reporter: at this los angeles warehouse, they're delivering change. >> there's not a crisis of food insecurity in the united states, ther

. >> iowa senator joni ernst, a survivor herself, has been working to reauthorize vawa since it expiredn 2019. stricter restrictions like gun restrictions which some of her fellow republicans oppose. >> this is not a gun control bill. it is a violence against women bill. >> reporter: but after years of negotiations and intense lobbying from celebrities like angelina jolie, earnst and a bipartisan group of senators aim to introduce a bill early next year after reaching a framework this month to expand access and programs for those like vaughn. >> we need to know that people care, that people are going to believe us when we tell our story. >> reporter: to prevent future ones from being told. nikole killion, cbs news, capitol hill. new vicks convenience pack. dayquil severe for you... and daily vicks super c for me. vicks super c is a daily supplement with vitamin c and b vitamins to help energize and replenish. dayquil severe is a max strength daytime, coughing, power through your day, medicine. new from vicks. i just heard something amazing! one medication is approved to treat and preven