Jackie Speier: “I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Violence Against Women Act. Twenty persons a…”

“I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Violence Against Women Act. Twenty persons a minute are injured by an intimate partner; that is 10 million American men and women every year. It is time to do something to continue this act and to extend it. Madam Speaker, I have a number of amendments that have been accepted. I especially want to point out the SHIELD Act, which combats the nonconsensual sharing of private, sexually explicit and nude images, commonly known as revenge porn, which now will be a crime. My other two amendments deal with creating a task force on sexual violence and education and directing the Secretary of Education to create climate surveys on student experiences with violence. Twenty percent of our college coeds are sexually assaulted or there are attempts of sexual assault on them each year. Finally, the last amendment incentivizes States to pass a Survivors' Bill of Rights in the States Act, which is particularly important for rape kits.”