[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14830]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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         DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND CELL PHONE DRIVE

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. Every 9 seconds, a woman is assaulted or beaten in the 
United States. Every day, more than three American women are murdered 
by their husbands or boyfriends. And a staggering 1.3 million women and 
almost 840,000 men are physically assaulted by an intimate partner 
every year.
  For the last decade, in October, during Domestic Violence Awareness 
Month, I stood up with the shelters and hospitals in my district to 
support the women and men who escaped their abusers. Many of these 
victims escaped with literally only the clothes on their backs. So 
together, we put on a donation drive of cell phones, clothing, and 
personal necessities to benefit victims of abuse. This drive will be 
going on throughout October, and you can support the effort by donating 
items at Kaiser offices throughout the 32nd Congressional District in 
California.
  Together, we can and must do more to stop domestic violence.

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