Political Quotes

“I will not read the whole letter, which is addressed to me, but I will read parts of it: I am writing to express RAINN's concern with the draft VAWA amendment by Sen. Klobuchar. Unlike the Cornyn amendment, we do not believe this draft amendment will make effective or positive improvements to the Debbie Smith Act. Indeed, they conclude later in the letter: Overall, we believe this amendment is largely symbolic and will not have the impact in reducing the backlog that we find in the Cornyn amendment. Very quickly, there is no requirement in the Klobuchar amendment that audits actually have to be conducted. So, to me, that seems like a case of willful blindness to the size and scope of the backlogs and the problems. There is no requirement in the Klobuchar alternative for a registry. In other words, there is no way the Department of Justice can make sure the money granted to law enforcement is actually used for the purpose for which the grant was intended, by creating a registry. In fact, the Klobuchar amendment actually diverts some of the funds from the core purpose of the Debbie Smith Act for the purpose of testing this critical evidence. It takes out a provision for administrative subpoenas to track unregistered sex offenders.…”