[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 21015]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     TIME FOR CONGRESS TO PASS VAWA

  (Ms. CARSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CARSON. Mr. Speaker, I will follow the Speaker's instructions in 
terms of not admonishing any other entity of the United States 
Congress. I would simply rise today to say that we need to have the 
Violence Against Women Act passed by the Congress and sent to the 
President for his signature.
  Last Wednesday this House unanimously passed VAWA by a vote of 415 to 
3. We must urge anyone else who can do that to do that.
  VAWA expired on September 30. On September 30, the light went out on 
justice across this country on behalf of all of the women and children 
who are victims of violence or who are potential victims, including 
immigrant women.
  Without this critical funding, programs serving women and their 
children will cease to exist. This is not a political game. It is the 
lives and well-being of women and children across this country that are 
at stake, that are vulnerable.
  I would urge further consideration of VAWA by the United States 
Congress.

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