[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 62 (Friday, April 27, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H2253]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my 
colleagues to move as quickly as possible to pass the Violence Against 
Women Act, legislation that I was happy to be an early supporter of in 
the early stages of my honor of serving in this House.
  I remember as a young member of the House Judiciary Committee 
standing alongside of Chairman Henry Hyde, a Republican, as we stood in 
the Senate to push for the passage of the Violence Against Women Act.
  Over the years, we have seen the saving of women's lives. Now it is 
important that we not stall and take the Senate act which, in fact, has 
broadened its coverage of Native American women, immigrant women, and 
women of different lifestyles because it includes everyone.
  Do we have to wait, while in Texas on a holiday, where a man goes in 
and kills his wife and children? Violence. Or the man who is charged 
with killing Jennifer Hudson's family, looking for his ex-wife. 
Violence that must stop.
  Pass the Violence Against Women Act now. Take the Senate bill that 
was bipartisan and save the lives of women and men who are subject to 
violence in their lives.
  America, you can do better.

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