Political Quotes

“I also rise to support the amendment that adds to what I believe is an important bill and strengthens it to focus on domestic violence. Every 18 seconds in our country, a woman is abused in her home or by someone that she knows very closely, and usually there are children involved in that situation. So this is a family issue. If we wish to stop this cycle of abuse and certain child predators that are familiar to the child, we need to focus on the broad issue of domestic violence. I am very pleased that the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers) has included H.R. 3910 into this amendment, which is legislation that I introduced a month or so ago that focuses on the issue of training. I would just emphasize for a moment that this amendment is important as we take the next step in protecting women and children from domestic violence.”