we should be doing at the Federal Government level? Obviously, the State governments have their own programs, but are things that we should be doing?

Has that affected, increased or decreased or in any way affected the need for the services that we have in VAWA?

Domestic violence is a crime. We should never forget that: Domestic violence is a crime.

We have a serious economic crisis in this country.

It would have been very easy for you and your husband to just say that is it, we have had a tragedy, we are shutting off the rest of the world. But, instead, you are helping people.

We cannot afford to turn our backs on women and families in need of protection.

I am glad you asked that question.

Lord knows there is enough things that are going through a victim's mind to begin with, but that is one that might be eliminated.

It is interesting that it passed with very strong bipartisan support.

the NAACP supports the provisions in the Uniting American Families Act because the NAACP strongly believes that the definition of 'family' is not restrictive

the family you have and the contribution to your community are things the Federal Government should protect.

This simply says that for immigration purposes we are not going to single out these couples and say, 'You cannot sponsor your partner.'

the NAACP strongly supports legislation in the Senate that would fix our Nation's immigration laws

the NAACP supports the Reuniting Families Act, Senate bill 1085, introduced by Senator Menendez of New Jersey

The Uniting American Families Act needs to be passed now.

It is this kind of injustice, this kind of gratuitous cruelty that the Uniting American Families Act would correct.

No American should face that kind of a choice.

We can right this wrong by passing the Uniting American Families Act.

We should try to be able to root out fraud.

I am deeply disappointed that my country has treated Renato this way, and I am furious that we cannot live together in the U.S.

It is time for the United States to join 19 other nations, many of which are our closest allies, in providing our gay and lesbian citizens this benefit under our immigration laws.

Federal policy should encourage rather than restrict our opportunity as Americans to sustain the relationships that fulfill our lives.

I have supported President Obama's decision to refocus on the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

I hope you continue to work with this subcommittee, because I think most of us on both sides of the aisle would like to see that.

I would like to see the State Department return to its dominant role, its rightful role, as it was under former great Secretaries like George Marshall and Dean Acheson.