Sheila Jackson Lee: “I include in the Record a letter from the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence. They have worked along with RAINN and…”

“I include in the Record a letter from the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence. They have worked along with RAINN and have emphasized that the Nation's youngest have been impacted by this dastardly series of actions. DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Washington, DC, November 20, 2017. Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives. Hon. Susan Brooks, House of Representatives. Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House of Representatives. Hon. John Thune, U.S. Senate. Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, House of Representatives. Hon. Lois Frankel, House of Representatives. Hon. Steny Hoyer, House of Representatives. Hon. Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senate. Dear Speaker Ryan, Leader Pelosi, Ms. Brooks, Ms. Frankel, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Thune, and Ms. Feinstein: The DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence urges the House of Representatives to pass the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act. This bipartisan legislation is imperative to respond to the numerous disclosures of child sexual abuse by our nation's youngest and most accomplished athletes while they were training for the U.S. Olympics. Intervention and prevention measures through this legislation are desperately needed to keep our children safe and hold offenders and entities accountable for their actions and their silence. Authorization and funding for the U.S. Center for Safe Sport will be the first significant step toward this goal.…”