William Rehnquist in Joe Biden biography by Jules Witcover

On Families & Children: 1991: Violence Against Women Act federalizes divorce law

Biden continued through 1992 and into 1993 with hearings documenting the spreading growth of domestic and sex violence crimes against women. Then help came from an unexpected quarter. Republican Senator Hatch, who had been attending the hearings as a critical Judiciary Committee member, held hearings of his own in his state and was appalled at what he learned. Hatch became Biden's staunch ally and partner on the violence against women legislation and also the COPS program in a period when they alternated as committee chairman. Later they joined in pushing for the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 against sexual predators, named after the kidnapped and murdered son of John Walsh, host of the television show "America's Most Wanted. Source: A Life of Trial & Redemption, by Jules Witcover, p.312-313 Oct 5, 2010

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