Political Quotes

“I am wearing a Liz Claiborne, very attractive, very glamorous scarf which is being used and is being handed out to Members of Congress, especially women Members of Congress this week, as we call attention to Violence Against Women and Stop Violence Against Women Week. The bipartisan Women's Caucus and the Hispanic Caucus are kicking off this event this week with a reception later on. The point is to wear something beautiful in order to draw attention to a very ugly phenomenon in our country and around the world, and that is violence against women, very closely related to child abuse. One way to stop child abuse is to focus more on violence against women themselves. We have a bill, the Violence Against Women Act, of course, which means that Congress itself regards this as a major phenomenon in our society. Mr. Speaker, let us use this entire week to call attention to it and to eliminate it once and for all from the United States of America and from the world.”