[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 5, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H1522]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        DEDICATE RESOURCES TO ENDING ALL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, you will hear throughout this Stop 
Violence Week the horrifying statistics of how many women are abused by 
their partners in their own homes, how many women are raped by men that 
they know, and how many women and girls worldwide face violence on a 
daily basis. Yet, despite this crisis at home and abroad, the 
administration's budget cuts funding for Violence Against Women 
programs by nearly $20 million.
  There continues to be no funding for transitional housing for victims 
who are fleeing violence and need services and support to get back on 
their feet. The Department of Justice has yet to establish a strong and 
independent Violence Against Women Office, despite the fact that 
Congress passed legislation in the last Congress requiring this. And 
now the Attorney General wants to establish new regulations making it 
harder for women who face gender-based persecution in their countries 
to seek asylum in the United States.
  We must work hard to end all violence against women, and it is time 
that we dedicate the resources needed to achieve this goal.

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