Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1259) recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 1259 Whereas, on average, a person is sexually assaulted in the United States every 2\1/2\ minutes; Whereas the Department of Justice reports that 203,830 people in the United States were sexually assaulted in 2008; Whereas 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have been victims of rape or attempted rape; Whereas the Department of Defense received 2,908 reports of sexual assault involving members of the Armed Forces in fiscal year 2008, representing an eight percent increase from fiscal 2007; Whereas children and young adults are most at risk of sexual assault, as 44 percent of sexual assault victims are under the age of 18, and 80 percent are under the age of 30; Whereas sexual assault affects women, men, and children of all racial, social, religious, age, ethnic, ability, and economic groups in the United States; Whereas women, children, and men suffer multiple types of sexual violence, including but not limited to acquaintance, stranger, spousal, and gang rape, incest, child sexual molestation, forced prostitution, trafficking, forced pornography, ritual abuse, sexual harassment, and stalking; Whereas it is estimated that the percentage of completed or attempt rape victimization among women in higher educational institution…”