[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S115-S116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              NATIONAL STALKING AWARENESS MONTH--Continued

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.


                               S. Res. 13

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I rise in support of the resolution 
that I lead with Senator Grassley to designate January 2023 as a focus 
on stalking awareness.
  This year's resolution has eight bipartisan cosponsors. This 
resolution builds on Congress's recent efforts to curb domestic 
violence. We already passed the reauthorization of the Violence Against 
Women Act, which back in 2013 included the bipartisan STALKERS Act to 
improve Federal anti-stalking laws. Last year, once again, we 
reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act. But there is so much more 
work that needs to be done.
  You know, not so long ago, stalking was not seen as the harmful crime 
we know it to be today. It was only in the 1990s that the first anti-
stalking legislation was passed in the United States. Without a 
consistent definition of ``stalking'' or resources for those in crisis, 
too often victims struggle to find the support they need to name and 
identify the harm they were experiencing.
  Through the tireless work of law enforcement officers, prosecutors, 
and service providers, we have seen progress. In the three decades 
since the first anti-stalking legislation was passed, every State in 
the country has passed anti-stalking laws. My home State passed it in 
1993--3 years before Congress made stalking a crime.
  But we know our work is not done. Approximately one in every three 
women in the United States has experienced stalking. Each year, more 
than 13 million people report that they are victims of stalking. 
According to one study, young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 
experienced stalking more than any other age group.
  As a former prosecutor, I know the emotional toll this crime takes. I 
know what the victims suffer from. Nearly 70 percent of those who are 
stalked by an intimate partner are physically abused by their stalkers, 
and three in four women who were killed by an intimate partner were 
stalked by their killers in the year leading up to their deaths.
  By passing this resolution today, we can show how deeply we 
appreciate the work of law enforcement, that we are there for the 
victims, and we will do all we can to provide the services, safety, and 
stability they need.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote scheduled for 
1:45 begin immediately.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           Vote on S. Res. 13

  The question is on adoption of the resolution.
  Ms. KLOBUCHAR. I ask for the yeas and nays.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein) is necessarily absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Johnson), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Paul), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
Graham) would have voted ``yea'' and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance) 
would have voted ``yea.''
  The result was announced--yeas 94, nays 0, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 2 Leg.]

                                YEAS--94

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boozman
     Braun
     Britt
     Brown
     Budd
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Fetterman
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Markey
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mullin
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Ricketts
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schmitt
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Welch
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Feinstein
     Graham
     Johnson
     Moran
     Paul
     Vance
  The resolution (S. Res. 13) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Schatz). Under the previous order, the 
preamble is considered and agreed to, and the motions to reconsider are 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in the Record of 
January 25, 2023, under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona.

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