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Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 8, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Women Criminal Justice

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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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