[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 122 (Wednesday, October 4, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H8744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           REAUTHORIZATION OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

  (Mr. PASCRELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, the House passed the reauthorization of 
the Violence Against Women Act on September 26. The funding for that 
act expired on September 30. When is the Senate going to act?
  The vote here was 415 to 3. The House took great strides in 
reauthorizing the funding programs in the VAWA that will improve the 
quality of life for millions of women and children across the country. 
It reauthorizes programs that make a real difference in our 
communities: the STOP grants, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 
battered women's shelters, rape crisis centers.
  I visited one of those centers just recently. They are doing the job. 
That is why we reauthorized it. Where is the Senate? We must be 
sensitive to the needs of every woman who is a victim of these tragic 
circumstances.
  I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. Morella) 
and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers) for their leadership on 
this critical legislation.

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