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“MAKE EVERY MONTH SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H1772 on May 1, 2002.
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MAKE EVERY MONTH SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
(Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, the month of April, which was Sexual Assault Awareness Month, has come to an end. However, I propose that we make every month sexual assault awareness month until there is no longer a woman in this world who fears being raped or assaulted.
We are devoting extensive resources to ending terror around the world, while at the same time 1 in 6 women continue to be terrorized by sexual assaults in their lifetime. Sadly, this is not new or shocking news as each year the statistics change very little.
It is time to take a stand. It is time that we make ending violence against women a national priority. It is time that we devote the same amount of resources to ending a form of violence that terrorizes over half the population of this globe as we provide to the war on terrorism.
We can do something about it today. There will be a motion to instruct today introduced by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. DeGette) which will instruct conferees to agree that we should strengthen the Violence Against Women Office and make it independent within the Department of Justice. This will make sure that we put the kind of attention and resources that we need to stop violence against women.
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