RELEASE: 100+ Members Join Bipartisan Push to Restore Violence Against Women Act Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, April 24, 2025, U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), Young Kim (CA-40), Debbie Dingell (MI-6), and Gwen Moore (WI-4) are leading a bipartisan group of more than 100 Members of Congress urging the Trump Administration to reverse its decision to halt funding opportunities through the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). This move by the Administration threatens the safety and well-being of survivors of domestic and sexual violence across the country.

“OVW administers critical grant programs that provide lifesaving support to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. The sudden withdrawal of these funding opportunities threatens to disrupt essential services, jeopardize the stability of victim assistance programs, and undermine the bipartisan commitment to combating these forms of violence,” the lawmakers wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi. “We respectfully urge the Department of Justice to clarify the status of these grants as soon as possible and take swift action to ensure funding remains available to support survivors and the organizations that serve them.”

“A delay or reduction in OVW funding will have devastating consequences for the countless individuals who rely on these resources for safety, legal protection, and recovery. This abrupt withdrawal of funding has created severe uncertainty that threatens the well-being of survivors who cannot afford these delays. We ask that the Department clarify its plans to rectify this situation and ensure that OVW grant funding is fully restored without further delay to continue providing care to survivors of domestic violence,” the lawmakers continued.

The OVW, established through the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), administers critical grant programs that provide lifesaving support to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. For decades, OVW grants have helped law enforcement agencies, legal service providers, crisis centers, and local organizations protect survivors and prevent abuse.

The full letter can be found here.

The letter is signed by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Young Kim (R-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Gabe Amo (RI-1), Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Becca Balint (VT-At Large), Nanette Barragán (CA-44), Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Wesley Bell (MO-01), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Brendan Boyle (PA-02), Shontel Brown (OH-11), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Andre Carson (IN-07), Troy Carter (LA-02), Ed Case (HI-01), Sean Casten (IL-06), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Judy Chu (CA-28), Steve Cohen (TN-09), Herbert Conaway (NJ-03) Gilbert Cisneros (CA-31), Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Sharice Davids (KS-03), Danny Davis (IL-07), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Diana DeGette (CO-01), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Dwight Evans (PA-3), Cleo Fields (LA-06), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Bill Foster (IL-11), Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Laura Friedman (CA-30), John Garamendi (CA-08), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Laura Gillen (NY-04), Daniel Goldman (NY-10), Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Hank Johnson (GA-04), Julie Johnson (TX-32), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Bill Keating (MA-09), Robin Kelly (IL-02), Timothy Kennedy (NY-26), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (CNMI-At Large), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Greg Landsman (OH-01), Rick Larsen (WA-02), John Larson (CT-01), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Lucy McBath (GA-06), Sarah McBride (DE-At Large), Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Betty McCollum (MN-04), Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08), Jim McGovern (MA-02), LaMonica McIver (NJ-10), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Grace Meng (NY-06), Dave Min (CA-47), Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Joseph Morelle (NY-25), Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Kevin Mullin (CA-15), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Joe Neguse (CO-02), Eleanor Holmes-Norton (DC-At Large), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Scott Peters (CA-50), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (AS), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Linda Sanchez (CA-38), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Hillary Scholten (MI-03), Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), Lateefa Simon (CA-12), Eric Sorensen (IL-17), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), Haley Stevens (MI-11), Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Thomas Suozzi (NY-03), Eric Swalwell (CA-14), Shri Thanedar (MI-13), Mike Thompson (CA-04), Dina Titus (NV-01), Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Nikema Williams (GA-05), and Frederica Wilson (FL-24).

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