Sen. Cornyn calls for to the Senate to fight the sexual exploitation of children
"Last year the Center for Missing and Exploited Children received 32 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation," Cornyn said.
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"Last year the Center for Missing and Exploited Children received 32 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation," Cornyn said.
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to advance legislation to raise the age limit for purchasing certain semi-automatic rifles.
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged Thursday he "might have been too emotional" when testifying about sexual misconduct allegations.
U.S. senators have received a single copy of the FBI's investigation report into allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
This sets in motion the procedure that would usher in the first vote sometime Friday and the vote on the full Senate floor on Saturday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court after agreeing to a late call from Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona for a one week investigation into sexual assault allegations against the high court nominee.
Soon after Republican Sen. Jeff Flake announced he'd vote to confirm Kavanaugh, two women cornered him in an elevator as he headed back to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Geni Manning, a conservative says she believes Brett Kavanaugh, but says even if the allegations against him from high school were true, "I don't think it should disqualify him."
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have completed a draft report concluding there was no collusion or coordination between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, a finding that is sure to please the White House and enrage panel Democrats.
Social media giant Facebook is expected to provide Congress on Monday with more than 3,000 ads that ran around the time of the 2016 presidential election and are linked to a Russian ad agency.
Lawmakers intend to determine whether Russian social media "trolls" were connected to Trump's election efforts.
The FBI on Tuesday corrected the sworn testimony of Director James Comey, who last week told Congress that a top aide to Hillary Clinton had sent "hundreds and thousands" of emails to her husband's laptop.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved an assault weapons ban, this despite the objections of two Texas Senators.
Texas' new Senator Ted Cruz became the center of attention from Republicans and the Tea Party long before today's swearing-in.
