| WASHINGTON,
D.C. -- The month of April, which was Sexual Assault Awareness Month, has
come to an end. However, I propose that we make every month Sexual
Assault Awareness Month until there is no longer a woman in this world
who fears being raped or assaulted.
We
are devoting extensive resources to ending terror around the world, while
at the same time one in six women continue to be terrorized by sexual assault
in their lifetime. Sadly, this is not new or shocking news, as each
year the statistics change very little.
It
is time to take a stand! It is time that we make ending violence
against women a national priority! It is time that we devote the
same amount of resources to ending a form of violence that terrorizes over
half the population of this globe, as we provide to the “War on Terrorism.”
I
have introduced the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victims’ Housing
Act and the Battered Immigrant Family Relief Act so that our laws can no
longer be manipulated to the disadvantage of assault survivors. It’s
time to end violence against women and say that we, as the United States
Congress, will do all we can to stop it. |
