[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 649 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 649

     Commemorating the second annual ``Milwaukee Brides Walk'' and 
    recognizing all brides marches in protest of domestic violence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2007

  Ms. Moore of Wisconsin (for herself, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
 Payne, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
  Al Green of Texas, Ms. Solis, and Mr. Obey) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Commemorating the second annual ``Milwaukee Brides Walk'' and 
    recognizing all brides marches in protest of domestic violence.

Whereas the first brides walk was held in New York over 6 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 1,600-mile march 
        down the East Coast from New York;
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 2004, 33 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 1 child was murdered and 22 children were orphaned due to domestic 
        homicide in Wisconsin in 2004;
Whereas the Milwaukee Brides Walk was the first brides walk in the state of 
        Wisconsin and took place on September 17, 2006 and the second Brides 
        Walk will take place on September 16, 2007; 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 Brides Walk, and 
recognizes all bride walks in protest of domestic violence.
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