joining us now is illinois republican congresswoman judy biggert, one of the two republican women wholl. thank you for joining the program. >> nice to be here. >> i wanted to read an excerpt from your statement which said this reauthorization should clarify the law to reflect what everyone knows about modern society that any one can be a victim of domestic violence. it can happen in a same sex household, a college campus or native american reservation and our providers want to know they can help any one who comes through the door s. the republican party a modern party? >> well, i think it is. i think that in so many issues they have come across as moving forward. i think that this bill that i was concerned about because it didn't reflect what we've learned in the last five years, and that was what works and what doesn't work. so that they left out some things that i thought were very important. one, that we would make sure that this applies to lgbt, it applies to women, immigrant women who may be deported if they don't have a green card, they wouldn't come forward and say that they we

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bill is flawed and that we should go back to look at the senate version or a similar version by judy biggert congresswoman sandy adams is going to appear with us this hour is going to rework language to include coverage of immigrants, native americans but still does not include the lgbt community. here's what the congresswoman kathy mcmorris roberts said last night on "hardball." >> why don't you cover people who are not in a traditional marriage? why would you limit it to just tradition marriage folks? >> it's a side issue that's been added to this bill. >> it's not a side issue if you're being beat up by your partner, it's your life. >> there's nothing under federal law that currently recognizes same-sex couples. >> congresswoman, first have you seen the amendment and what do you make of them excluding same-sex couples? >> i have not yet seen the amendment, they're obviously getting a lot of heat from their own membership and that's why this manager's amendment is being posted. i would say to the republican restriction on making this law cover same-sex couples is really preposterous. if we