[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H1170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DOMESTIC ABUSE IS WRONG

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as we address Women's History Month in 
the month of March, I raise the attention of my colleagues to a set of 
circumstances that we have seen relating to the administration and its 
personnel policies, but the real issue is the affirmation of opposition 
to domestic violence and abuse.
  Thousands of women and some men lose their lives to domestic abuse 
and domestic violence. Thousands live in silence and absolute fear. 
Children see their mothers and fathers killed. To have insensitivity to 
the importance of anyone who has engaged in domestic violence and 
domestic abuse be ignored sends a wrong signal to the girls and young 
women in this country.
  We must join together in a bipartisan manner to ensure that the 
Violence Against Women Act is reauthorized in March, and we must 
pronounce that domestic violence and domestic abuse is wrong for men, 
women, and families. It is something that should be condemned and not 
condoned.
  No matter how important a position you may hold, it is important for 
America's leadership to denounce this kind of vicious attack on 
families. Mr. Speaker, I look forward to bipartisanship on this issue.

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