Jay Rockefeller: “I have disagreed strongly with the direction of the administration.”

If confirmed, I will commit to review all of the statutory requirements and congressional deadlines.

I thank Senator Leahy for attempting to address my concerns about this bill. I thank his committee staff for working with my committee staff to insert clarifying report language.

Furthermore, if we are going to potentially burden our government agencies with increased costs that will be associated with complying with the bill, then I think Congress should also provide these agencies with sufficient funding to deal…

We need to change our culture through increased awareness and education to prevent domestic violence from occurring.