[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              REAUTHORIZING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

  (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, in Arizona's First District, Native 
Americans make up about 25 percent of my constituents. Unfortunately, 
Native American women are two and a half times more likely to be 
assaulted in their lifetime than other women.
  Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act is important to my 
district. That's why I'm very concerned about the impact of 
sequestration cuts on programs supported by the Violence Against Women 
Act. More than $20 million in cuts are at stake.
  What does a $20 million cut mean? It means thousands more victims 
would be denied shelter and legal services. It means thousands fewer 
police officers, prosecutors, judges, and victim advocates would get 
specialized training.
  As a former prosecutor, I know we need to do all we can to keep 
victims safe and hold perpetrators accountable, and that means we need 
to do all we can to stop these sequestration cuts.

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