Jay Rockefeller: “Everything you are saying... is really affirming an answer to a question that I gave to you.”

That is stunning. It has not been reauthorized, CHIP. It is still out there, floating.

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

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…

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.