the entire federal government to meeting this challenge. and that, of course, includes our outstanding vice president. few people have brought more passion to this fight over the decades than joe biden. back when a lot of people believed the domestic abuse was a private family matter, and women in danger often had nobody to turn to, joe was out there saying this is unacceptable, this has to change. and thanks to joe and so many others, this nation enshrined its commitment in the violence against women s act. police officers and prosecutors got special training on domestic violence. more shelters opened across the country. a national hotline was created. and, as joe mentioned, a culture shift began to occur. americans came to see how serious this problem was and how we all needled to do more to address it. and that s resulted in more hope and more safety in a new chance at life for countless women.
gender is the change, right? exactly. there s no count. gender is the change. hillary is the change. clinton is the past. exactly. how does she become hillary and only hillary. well, first of all, i don t think she s going to have her husband out campaigning with her. but i also believe that we re going to see so many women who are so tired of partisan politics at the state level and the national level, that if she comes out just as hillary and she s talking about the things that so many women were turned off by in this last election, vaginal probes in the state of virginia, violence against the violence against women s act, how we deal with fundamental issues that are also pocketbook issues. that is the change. and just boy virtue of being hillary on her own, that is change. and that was the problem in 07. in 07, she couldn t figure out how to sort of be hillary. but there were a lot of problems. essentially that was issue. they also ran a really bad campaign
party trampled on women s rights and refused to pass the violence against women s act, not renewing the voting rights act. the reason the economy is not doing well is because republicans have trampled on the rights of women. is that what you re saying? that is dumb. that is ridiculous. i m going off the point he made that he said the american dream is dead. i didn t say that. democrats are saying that, richard. that s not true. john boehner and members of the house can t get the work done. let me go back to the rhetoric. the president says the republicans want dirty air and dirty water and they want to throw granny over the cliff and we see all those ads. the president also lectures on discourse in this country. and i ask you a simple country about alan grayson calling tea party members comparing them to the klan and you don t have the moral strength and fortitude to say that s just
party trampled on women s rights and refused to pass the violence against women s act, not renewing the voting rights act. the reason the economy is not doing well is because republicans have trampled on the rights of women. is that what you re saying? that is dumb. that is ridiculous. i m going off the point he made that he said the american dream is dead. i didn t say that. democrats are saying that, richard. that s not true. john boehner and members of the house can t get the work done. let me go back to the rhetoric. the president says the republicans want dirty air and dirty water and they want to throw granny over the cliff and we see all those ads. the president also lectures on discourse in this country. and i ask you a simple country about alan grayson calling tea party members comparing them to the klan and you don t have the moral strength and fortitude to say that s just
voting for it, but certainly there are that many who want to see it happen. there are many hoping yes, and will vote no. we ve seen this before on the fiscal cliff situation, sandy, violence against women s act. a number of members have put up the necessary governing votes. you see that will happen again today. i can t predict how many but i m sure it will secure passage. if the government does shut down, you believe it s house republicans fault? well, not going to say it s the house republicans fault but i suspect we ll be blamed regardless of whose fault it is. it will look bad on everyone in washington if the government shuts down. i suspect the republicans will be more blamed than the democrats will. i m urging colleagues a government shutdown is not in the american people s interest can it s not in our troops interests, it s certainly in no one s interests. get on with the business of governing and get it down. we ll be able to debate the issues again over the next few weeks.