[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    A MISSED DEADLINE TO REAUTHORIZE THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, 3 days ago the deadline passed 
for reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.
  There was no good reason for the Congress not to pass this important 
bill. After all, it passed this House with an overwhelming majority, 
415 to 3. Judges support this bill, police officers support this bill, 
prosecutors support the bill, victims, social workers, health care 
workers, men and women around the Nation support this bill. It protects 
women from violence, it protects children from witnessing violence, it 
stops the cycle of violence.
  Unfortunately, some in Congress are talking about using this bill as 
a sweetener, adding it to other bills to help them pass. The Violence 
Against Women Act deserves to pass on its own, and adding it to another 
bill to sweeten it is an insult to the women of America. Let us get our 
work done. Let us pass the Violence Against Women Act.

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