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U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis Applauds the Passage of the Violence Against Women Act that Protects all Victims of Domestic Violence |
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U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis Applauds the Passage of the Violence Against Women Act that Protects all Victims of Domestic Violence
U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis praised the passage of a comprehensive reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act that includes important protections for all victims of relationship violence after defeating a Republican version of the bill that discriminated against multiple groups of women. Congressman Davis said, “I am deeply proud to have helped strengthen the Violence Against Women Act by extending the law’s crucial protections to victims within the Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender, Native American, and immigrant communities, providing for more rape kits as well as a national registry of forensic evidence from sexual assault cases, strengthening criminal anti-trafficking statutes, providing for temporary housing for victims, and addressing domestic violence on American college campuses.”
Davis continued, “After the Senate passed a bipartisan bill, the House Republicans advanced a substitute bill that removed critical protections for victims of domestic and sexual violence and rolled back crucial protections already in law. The Republican solution stripped the LGBT community women of protection, inadequately protected Native American women and immigrant victims, made our college campuses less safe, and left out essential human trafficking provisions. The Republican substitute weakened current law and gave preference to certain groups of women for protection against relationship violence, ignoring others. This discrimination is unacceptable. I am proud that the Democratic Caucus and advocates for women’s rights rallied to defeat to the Republican substitute, ensuring that the Violence Against Women Act will continue to protect all victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.”
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