[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1012 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1012

   Celebrating the first Milwaukee Mujeres Against Domestic Violence 
  Brides Walk and recognizing all brides walks in protest of domestic 
                               violence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2006

   Ms. Moore of Wisconsin (for herself, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Brady of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Payne, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Watt, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Wu, Ms. 
Eshoo, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Watson, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. McCaul 
of Texas, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Reichert, Ms. Solis, Ms. Lee, Mr. Frank 
of Massachusetts, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. 
Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Obey, Mr. 
 Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Nadler, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Emanuel, 
  Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Crowley, Mrs. 
 Maloney, Mr. Kind, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Ford, Ms. Carson, and Mr. Spratt) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Celebrating the first Milwaukee Mujeres Against Domestic Violence 
  Brides Walk and recognizing all brides walks in protest of domestic 
                               violence.

Whereas the first brides walk was held in New York over 5 years ago in memory of 
        Gladys Ricart, who was brutally murdered by an abusive ex-boyfriend on 
        her wedding day as she was handing the floral bouquets to her 
        bridesmaids;
Whereas the first brides march was started by Josie Ashton, a domestic violence 
        advocate who put on her wedding dress and started a 1,300-mile march 
        down the East Coast from New Jersey;
Whereas every year women across the world organize walks, dressed as brides, to 
        not only remember Gladys Ricart, but to protest against domestic 
        violence;
Whereas domestic violence is the willful intimidation, assault, battery, sexual 
        assault, or other abusive behavior perpetrated by an intimate partner 
        against another which includes women and men;
Whereas 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime;
Whereas 1 in 5 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed 
        rape;
Whereas on average, more than 3 women are murdered by their husbands or 
        boyfriends in the United States every day;
Whereas 1,247 women and 440 men were killed by an intimate partner in 2000;
Whereas 30 percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically 
        abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year;
Whereas roughly 300,000 to 400,000 men are treated violently by their wife or 
        girlfriend;
Whereas in Wisconsin in 2003, 45 individuals in Wisconsin lost their lives at 
        the hands of a current or former partner, or were present at the scene 
        when domestic violence was occurring and lost their lives during the 
        incident;
Whereas 6 children were murdered and 30 children were orphaned due to domestic 
        homicide in Wisconsin in 2003;
Whereas the Milwaukee Mujeres Against Domestic Violence Brides Walk will be the 
        first brides walk in the state of Wisconsin and will take place on 
        September 17, 2006 in conjunction with the Mexican Independence Day 
        Parade;
Whereas the Gladys Ricart and Victims of Domestic Violence Memorial Walk 2006 
        NYC Annual Brides march will take place on the anniversary of Gladys 
        Ricart's death on September 26, 2006; and
Whereas the purpose of the brides walk will be to honor the memory of deceased 
        victims and promote awareness of domestic violence issues in the Latino 
        community: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives honors the memory of 
domestic violence victims, celebrates the Milwaukee Mujeres Against 
Domestic Violence Brides Walk and recognizes all bride walks in protest 
of domestic violence.
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