[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15891]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 
recognition of October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
  Domestic violence affects people across the Nation, including one in 
four women and one in seven men who have suffered severe physical 
violence.
  In my district, I want to recognize the efforts of the Clothesline 
Project, an initiative which features T-shirts decorated by domestic 
violence survivors. In preparation for Domestic Violence Awareness 
Month, people from across the Clarion County, Pennsylvania, area have 
participated in this project, decorating shirts which were displayed 
during last Saturday's Autumn Leaf Parade in Clarion.
  Mr. Speaker, this is such an important effort because last year 97 
people died as a result of domestic violence in Pennsylvania. It is a 
wide age range. In fact, one was an infant.
  I appreciate the efforts of the Clothesline Project and all the 
nonprofit and community organizations across my district working to 
bring attention to this critical issue.

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