Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am pleased to be here to join those of my colleagues who are urging that we come together this afternoon, and I am pleased we are going to see votes on the Violence Against Women Act to reauthorize the legislation as it has passed through the Judiciary Committee. As we all know, domestic violence continues to be a serious problem across our country. In New Hampshire, nearly one in four women has been sexually assaulted. At least one-third of New Hampshire women have been victims of a physical assault by an intimate partner. More than one- half of all women in my State have experienced sexual or physical assault over the course of their lifetimes. All of us share in an obligation to stop this epidemic, and VAWA is a proven tool in this fight. The real importance of this legislation lies not in the statistics but in hearing about those women who have been helped by the services that are provided by the Violence Against Women Act. I have had a chance to visit several crisis centers around New Hampshire in the past few weeks, and I have met with the survivors and the advocates who depend on this funding. I went to a crisis center called Bridges in Nashua where I spoke with a survivor of domestic violence. She told me: When you are a victim of domestic violence, you think you are worthless.…”