Business administration, which fills our commitment to women entrepreneurs. The sequester has the potential to undermine this very promise by reducing sba funding. As a result, loans to women will be reduced by 250 million, translating to an decrease of 2,500 jobs. This means fewer women will be able to access affordable capital to turn their ideas, their dreams, into reality. When it comes to contracting, we have been fighting for so long we even took the Bush Administration to court to implement a contracting women program, and now that it is up and running, were going to shut the door, preventing a level Playing Field for womens businesses to act as federal contractors. We have not achieved the mandating contracting goal of 5 . This will translate to 1. 3 billion in Small Business contracts that will be lost for women entrepreneurs. This will jeopardize at least 15,000 jobs. When combined with the closure of Business Centers that serve mainly women across america that will provide T
Do. Further delaying this crucial legislation does this congress no credit and leaves state and local Service Providers facing uncertainty about their ability to continue protecting some of the most vulnerable members of our society. The senate voted to reauthorize the violence against women act with a strong bipartisan majority, and i would strongly encourage the house of representatives do the same to support that underlying bill. Vote yes on the underlying bill. Well move the reauthorizing legislation to the president s desk immediately. Its the right thing to do. Its about time we do it. Thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from washington reserves. The gentlewoman from washington reserves. The gentlewoman from california is recognized. Ms. Pelosi madam speaker, im very happy to recognize our distinguished democratic whip of the house, mr. Hoyer. He was there in the 1990s when we worked to pass this legisl
Mrs. Mcmorris rodgers im pleased to yield to the gentleman from pennsylvania for three minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. Mr. Dent i rise to support the underlying bill. The programs funded have proven effective over the past two decades in achieving real and meaningful reductions in Domestic Violence. Victims advocates in my district and around the country use this funding for battered women shelters, support for runaways. In my home state, the peff coalition against rape currently operates 50 Rape Crisis Centers that provide services to victims of Sexual Violence. These centers utilize Public Awareness campaigns and prevention education to combat the root causes of Sexual Assault. Essential institutions such as this are counting on us in this body to ensure that vawa funds remain available to support their often lifesaving work. Im proud to serve as a council of a Nonprofit Organization that provides Financial Assistance to victims of viol
Recognize a number of individuals who have been strong, strong advocates, people who have gone way beyond the duty but also deserving of recognition for all their advocacy work. The first person i would like to introduce is these years recipient of the abolitionist the word for advocacy, staff attorney with with the Asian Pacific legal advocacy services, 2013 abolitionist awardee for advocacy, cindy lu. Apl applause we also have someone whose services have been both exemplary and deserving of recognition. She is a founder and executive director of Freedom House. She is the 2013 abolitionist award for providing exemplary services, em. applause we also together in collaboration with the status of women, with supervisors, Department Heads, the Human Rights Commission we wanted to make sure that future generations of children are part of the solution. In that effort both in advocacy we have a strong, strong goal of educating our public and all the other kids and families in our city. This
Apl applause we also have someone whose services have been both exemplary and deserving of recognition. She is a founder and executive director of Freedom House. She is the 2013 abolitionist award for providing exemplary services, em. applause we also together in collaboration with the status of women, with supervisors, Department Heads, the Human Rights Commission we wanted to make sure that future generations of children are part of the solution. In that effort both in advocacy we have a strong, strong goal of educating our public and all the other kids and families in our city. This is a way of our quality of life, we cannot accept Human Trafficking. Part of the way to do that is to have this be part of the kids education, and push strongly. The collaborative this year, allow the youth of San Francisco to enter in a Poster Contest to provide artistic ability to the messaging of this really important movement. The 2013 Poster Contest winners i get to announce. I will begin with third