[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        NATIONAL DAY OF SILENCE

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I stand today to call attention to the 
devastating impact that harassment and bullying have on LGBT students 
around our country. Bullying affects LGBT teens every day in emotional, 
psychological, and physical ways, and can even lead to suicide. 
Statistics show that 30 percent of LGBT youth attempt suicide near the 
age of 15.
  While tomorrow has been designated as National Day of Silence, 
bullies do not stop when the calendar turns. We must all work together 
if we hope to deter and defeat bullying. I would like to take a moment 
of silence in honor of those who are harassed and those who have passed 
away due to this repeated and aggressive behavior.

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