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LETTERS AND TESTIMONY: Family Law

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110^th Congress
Date	Recipient	Description
04-02-08	Senate	Letter supporting S.J.Res. 29, establishing National Health Care Decisions Day
11-01-07	PA House	Testimony supporting PA HB 1709, establishing the Commonwealth Children's Ombudsman and the Commonwealth Children's Ombudsman Office (Pennsylvania House Committee on Children and Youth)
06-25-07	Senate	Letter supporting S. 1515, the National Domestic Violence Volunteer Attorney Network Act(Senators Biden & Specter)
04-17-07	Senate	Written statement on the subject of Domestic Violence and the Workplace (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety)

109^th Congress
Date	Recipient	Description
07-17-06	House	Letter opposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution relating to marriage
07-11-06	Senate	Letter supporting increased funding for programs under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, Committee on Appropriations)
06-01-06	Senate	Letter opposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution relating to marriage
06-01-06	Senate	Letter opposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution relating to marriage (Minority Leader)
06-01-06	Senate	Letter opposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution relating to marriage (Majority Leader)
05-17-06	Senate	Letter opposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution relating to marriage (Committee on the Judiciary)
03-08-06	Senate	Letter opposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution relating to marriage (Committee on the Judiciary)
11-01-05	Senate	Letter commenting on a provision in S. J. Res. 1 to prohibit same sex marriage (Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights, Committee on the Judiciary)
09-29-05	Senate	Letter commenting on S. 1197, the Violence Against Women Act
07-19-05	Senate	Written statement on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (Committee on the Judiciary)
06-22-05	Senate	Letter commenting on S. 1197, the Violence Against Women Act
06-22-05	House	Letter commenting on S. 1197, the Violence Against Women Act
04-20-05	Senate	Letter regarding the hearing, "Less Faith in Judicial Credit: Are Federal and State Marriage Protection Initiatives Vulnerable to Judicial Activism?" (Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights, Committee on the Judiciary)
04-04-05	Senate	Letter supporting increased funding for programs under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations)
04-04-05	House	Letter supporting increased funding for programs under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, Committee on Appropriations)
02-25-05	Senate	Letter supporting provisions to strengthen the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (Committee on Finance)
02-10-05	House	Written statement supporting the reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means)