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Article: Senator Mikulski Champions $15 Million Increase to Fund Desperately Needed Services for Domestic Violence Victims and $45 Million Increase to Fund Services for Victims of Crime
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- U.S. Newswire
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- June 26, 2008
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Cheryl ODonnell of the National Network to End Domestic
Violence, +1-202-543-5566 ext. 124, codonnell@nnedv.org
WASHINGTON, June 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Advocates from
across the country are recognizing Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD),
Chairwoman of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
(CJS) Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, for
her efforts toward increasing funding to $415 million for the
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and $635 million for the Victims
of Crime Act (VOCA).
Chairwoman Mikulski is a long-standing advocate for women and
families, said Sue Else, President of the National Network to End
Domestic Violence ...