Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 Through 2009

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 2006 THROUGH 2009 -- (House of Representatives - September 28, 2005)

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Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the ranking member's work and his yielding me this time, and the work of the chairman. I much appreciate that the gentlemen have come forward, both of them, before the deadline on their portions of the bill. I am particularly appreciative of the dating violence, because since the last bill, we have infected young people down to the high school age, so the way in which we enlarge that section is very important.

I do want everybody to know that all you could do was the sections falling under your jurisdictions. Before this is all done, we have to deal with the other sections of the bill, like the housing sections of the bill, for example. That, of course, is not with you; you are just trying to get the part that is with you so that the deadline would be reached.

But my city is typical. Twenty to 40 women come to court every year, we have 48 emergency beds, a thousand women in motels. The major reason that these women say, no, I love him, that is why I am staying with him, is that they do not have anyplace to go. In fact, what you have is women facing homelessness or staying with an abuser. So before this process is all over, I hope we will bear in mind that the other sections of this bill that cannot be before us now are part and parcel of all we are trying to do here.

I salute the Committee on the Judiciary, the chairman and the ranking member, for doing all they could at this point; and let us get to work on the rest of the bill.

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