[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 36 (Thursday, March 6, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H1658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           FREEDOM FROM FEAR

  (Mr. BURNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my concerns regarding 
domestic violence that plagues our Nation. Franklin D. Roosevelt once 
said there are four essential human freedoms, the last being freedom 
from fear.
  Today there still are too many women and children who have never 
experienced a life free from fear. These women and children are the 1 
to 4 million women who experience serious assaults by an intimate 
partner each year. They are the 3.3 million children who witness their 
mothers being abused every year. They are the 3.2 million victims of 
child abuse each year.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend Lifetime Television and its partners 
for drawing attention to this most important and most persistent 
problem. To those women and children who are out there who are victims, 
please know that there are people and there are programs out there to 
help you become free from fear.

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