[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 46 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2732]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE

  (Ms. DEAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. DEAN. Mr. Speaker, domestic violence is an insidious problem that 
affects far too many people across our country.
  One in four women and one in seven men will be the victim of violence 
by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
  Sadly, the scourge of domestic and sexual violence affects our 
communities, our schools, our servicemembers, and threatens the well-
being of women, men, children, the LGBTQ community, our veterans, and 
others.
  But through education and legislative action like reauthorizing the 
Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, we can and have made a difference.
  Since its passage 25 years ago through 2012, the rate of domestic 
violence decreased by 63 percent. From 1996 to 2015, the rate of women 
murdered by men in a single-victim/single-offender incident dropped by 
29 percent.
  This week, we voted in the Judiciary Committee to reauthorize this 
life-saving legislation.
  I look forward to bringing VAWA to the floor so that families may be 
protected from the tragedy of domestic and sexual violence; so that 
young women like my granddaughter, Aubrey, feel safe to focus on the 
things that are most important, like claiming her education, her 
career, and her happy life ahead of her.
  Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this important 
legislation.

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