| 00:00:00 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:00:13 | MR. |
| 00:00:14 | ELLISON: MADAM SPEAKER, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT LUCY. |
| 00:00:20 | LUCY IS NOT THE NAME OF THE PERSON I'M REFERRING TO BUT SHE'S REAL. |
| 00:00:27 | I CAN'T USE HER NAME BECAUSE LUCY STILL LIVES IN FEAR OF HER ABUSER. |
| 00:00:31 | A MAN SHE WAS MARRIED TO. |
| 00:00:34 | LUCY IS FROM A NATION IN WEST AFRICA. |
| 00:00:38 | AND THE MAN WHO WAS ABUSING HER PHYSICALLY AND SEXUALLY AND MISTREATING HER WOULD TELL HER, THREATEN HER BASED ON HER IMMIGRATION STATUS TO THE UNITED STATES THAT SHE WAS HOPING TO OBTAIN. |
| 00:00:51 | HE WOULD THREATEN HER AND TELL HER I'M GOING TO HOLD THIS AGAINST YOU. |
| 00:00:56 | DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE ME. |
| 00:00:59 | AND THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT COULD SELF-PETITION PROCESS WAS A LIFELINE AND A SAVOR -- SAVIOR TO HER. |
| 00:01:10 | SHE WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE EXTREME VIOLENCE SHE LIVED THROUGH AND SUFFERED THROUGH ALL THE TIME, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO SEPARATE FROM HER HUSBAND AND SEEK A WAY TO BECOME A CITIZEN AND STAY IN THIS COUNTRY AND GET RID OF HER ABUSER. |
| 00:01:25 | SADLY -- THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:01:27 | MR. |
| 00:01:28 | ELLISON: HOUSE VERSION ROLLS THIS PROTECTION BACK. |
| 00:01:29 | THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD -- THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:01:33 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN RESERVES. |
| 00:01:34 | THE GENTLELADY FROM WASHINGTON IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 00:01:36 | MRS. MCMORRIS RODGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:01:37 | HAPPY TO YIELD TO A CHAMPION, FORMER JUDGE WHO HAS WORKED ON THESE ISSUES FOR MANY YEARS, THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, FOR TWO MINUTES. |
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