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On the recordFebruary 28, 2013
I include for the Record a number of letters from advocacy and nonprofit groups in opposition to the House substitute and in support of the Senate-passed bill. The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 Has Broad National Support More than 1400 local, state, tribal, and national organizations have expressed their strong support for passage of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S.47), including national service providers and victim advocates, law enforcement organizations, and faith-based organizations. Victim Service Providers and Advocates 9 to 5, National Association of Working Women Alianza-National Latino Alliance to End Domestic Violence Alternatives to Family Violence American Bar Association American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence American Medical Association Americans Overseas Domestic Crisis Center Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence ASISTA Immigration Assistance Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies Break the Cycle Casa de Esperanza: National Latino Network for Healthy Families and Communities Daughters of Penelope Futures Without Violence (formerly the Family Violence Prevention Fund) Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community Jewish Women International Legal Momentum Men Can Stop Rape Men's Resources International National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators National-Alliance to End Sexual Violence…
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