[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 135 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO PATRICIA HYLTON

 Mr. FAIRCLOTH. Mr. President, I rise to commend a former 
member of my staff, Patricia Hylton, who has recently been named 
manager of the Refuse To Be A Victim program. Trish was an invaluable 
member of my office, and I'm certain that she will be successful in 
making Refuse To Be A Victim a beneficial program for women across the 
country.
  While working in my office, Trish became interested in developing 
crime awareness and prevention programs for women. Regrettably, such 
efforts are needed. The statistics are frightening. Seventy-three 
percent of women will be victimized at some point in their lives. 
Seventy-three percent. One million women are stalked each year in the 
United States. Figures such as these call for decisive action.
  I am proud to recognize a program that empowers women with a strategy 
to ensure their own personal safety. Refuse To Be A Victim is a 
superior safety tool and thousands of women are safer because of their 
participation. Refuse To Be A Victim is sponsored by the National Rifle 
Association. The program is not, however, about firearms. Instead, 
Refuse To Be A Victim offers women the knowledge necessary to avoid 
being victimized.
  This program is taught throughout the United States an in my home 
state nine men and women instruct hundreds of North Carolinians each 
year. I'm pleased that Trish has committed herself to such a worthwhile 
program. And I hope that many more American women will take advantage 
of this exceptional learning experience.

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