[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H5981-H5982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ADDRESSING THE MURDER OF ROSENDA STRONG

  (Mr. NEWHOUSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, sadly, I rise again today to speak about 
the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women.

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  After 300 days of searching, the body of Rosenda Strong was finally 
found on the Yakima Nation reservation in central Washington.
  The life of this young mother of four was not lost, but taken, as are 
the lives of many other Native American women across the Nation.
  Rosenda is a citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla, and 
her case is one of 71 unsolved cases involving missing and murdered 
indigenous women in Washington State.
  Since she went missing last October, her loved ones have rallied to 
bring national attention to the alarming high number of murder and 
violence rate facing Native American women across the country. Children 
are left without mothers, parents are left without daughters, and 
communities are left questioning their safety and their future.
  This crisis can no longer be ignored. Congress must act to deliver 
justice to victims like Rosenda and so many others like her.

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