2010-02-25
Working Vs. Stay At Home Moms: The Backlash?
Watch this video and tell me what's missing from this hearing about child prostitution and sex trafficking in the Senate Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law.
That's right, the Senate Subcommittee is missing! I saw this on the news last night and thought it was just the wrong footage. No, that wasn't the case. In fact, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) was the only guy there listening... and that's probably only because Durbin called the hearing and Alvarez is from his state.
So just who is (or at least 'is supposed to be') on this committee?
Well, Dick Durbin is the chairman of the committee and called the hearing... so it's probably good that he was there.
The other Democrats on the committee include Russ Feingold (WI), Ben Cardin (MD), Ted Kaufman (DE), Arlen Specter (PA), and Al Franken (MN).
The fact that Al Franken has a seat on this subcommittee is all the proof we should need that this issue is a joke for the US Senate.
The absent Republicans are Tom Coburn (OK), Lindsey Graham (SC), and John Cornyn (TX).
Well, Lindsey Graham is busy serving as John McCain's loyal lapdog and John Cornyn is pre-occupied with using the NRSC to screw over conservatives in every state of the Union with a Senate primary in 2010. I'm not sure what Coburn's excuse is.
Look, I know everyone in Washington is busy watching the Obamacare Bill die its slow, painful and humiliating death - but is it so much to ask that a group of 9 Senators charged with investigating Human Rights violations around the world pay just a little bit of attention to a growing, gut wrenching violation taking place against children right here in our own country?
All 8 of the Senators absent from Wednesday's hearing should be utterly ashamed of themselves and thrown out of office the when they're up for re-election. Regardless of Durbin calling the hearing and attending as Subcommittee chairman, he at least deserves some credit for sitting in the room and letting the hearing take place at all so that media attention could be placed on the horrific atrocity taking place within our own borders.
