[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 123 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H8816]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     PASS THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT BEFORE THE END OF SESSION

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, the women of America want the other body to 
reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. This landmark legislation, 
which the House has reauthorized, has saved lives and rescued countless 
women from the vicious cycle of family violence.
  From 1993, when the act was enacted, to 1997, the rate of intimate 
partner violence fell and the number of female victims of intimate 
violence dropped. American women have VAWA, the Violence Against Women 
Act, to thank for these gains.
  But there is so much more that needs to be done. In 1998, three out 
of four victims of intimate-partner homicide were women. The number of 
women killed by an intimate partner increased 8 percent between 1997 
and 1998. Women need VAWA so they can protect themselves and their 
children from domestic violence.
  The Violence Against Women Act saves lives. I urge our colleagues in 
the other body, pass VAWA before the end of this session.

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