Susan Molinari: “in the brief time that has been allotted me I would like to speak about the increases in funding that the Labor-HHS bill…”

“in the brief time that has been allotted me I would like to speak about the increases in funding that the Labor-HHS bill before us provides, recognizing, and gratefully so, the increasing trend of violence against women. This bill provides, as my colleagues know, an increase of over $40 million from last year's spending just on the Labor-HHS side, the majority of it, $35 million, going to rape-prevention programs. We had $400,000 for a domestic violence hotline, $400,000 for youth education, $4 million for community programs, $100,000 for a Center for Disease Control domestic violence study, and an equal amount of $32.6 million for a battered women's shelter. This billion under this year's funding provides $72.5 million to complete our contract with the Violence Against Women bill. Now add that to the additional funding that we provided in State, Commerce, and Justice where we sent from $25 million in last year's funding request to $125 million in this year's funding request, and I am extremely proud of the work that has been done under the Republican Party to fulfill our commitment in the Violence Against Women Act.”