[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H6827-H6828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              BRIDES MARCH

  (Mr. ESPAILLAT asked and was given permission to address the House

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for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ESPAILLAT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the women of 
the Brides March, who for 24 years since Gladys Ricart's tragic death 
on her wedding day, have held the annual Brides March in her memory to 
speak out against domestic violence.
  Each year, I host the brides in Washington to honor Gladys' life and 
legacy. During this past National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I 
reintroduced my Gladys Ricart Resolution, which fights back against 
domestic violence.
  I will not rest until Gladys Ricart's story is told across America 
and is a thing of the past. We will continue to fight to prevent 
domestic violence. Every State in the Union must have a code of laws 
against domestic violence.
  We will always remember Gladys Ricart.

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