[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1794]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

  (Mr. FARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, we have two choices. We will be able 
to vote on this floor on a Senate version of the Violence Against Women 
Act. We will also have a House version that will try to be amended to 
that bill.
  There are several reasons why the House version is not a good bill 
and ought to be opposed. In my district, the immigrant provisions left 
out of the House bill will have a profound impact on my constituents. 
Immigrant women are at risk of domestic violence more than any other 
women, and they are less likely to report their attackers due to fear 
of deportation. The Senate version offers protections that the House 
bill does not.
  I have several college campuses in my district. The Senate bill would 
help combat violent crimes on college campuses; the House bill does 
not. The Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act also includes 
the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims' Protection Act; the 
House bill does not.
  Mr. Speaker, sadly, domestic violence affects the entire country. 
That is why it is absolutely a shame that the Republican leadership has 
brought up a House bill that will jeopardize the safety of millions of 
women by making it even harder to receive the services and programs 
that are available.

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