; Whereas 96 percent of employed domestic violence victims experience problems at work due to abuse; Whereas 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year and 90 percent of these children are eyewitnesses to such violence; Whereas at least 15,500,000 children live in families in which domestic violence occurred at least once in the past year; Whereas children exposed to domestic violence are more likely to attempt suicide, abuse drugs and alcohol, run away from home, and become victims of human trafficking; Whereas one large study found that men exposed to physical abuse, sexual abuse, and adult domestic violence as children were almost 4 times more likely than other men to have perpetrated domestic violence as adults; Whereas 1 in 10 high school students experienced physical violence from a dating partner in the past year; Whereas half of youth who have been victims of both dating violence and rape attempt suicide, compared to 12.5 percent of nonabused girls and 5.4 percent of nonabused boys; Whereas there is a need for primary schools, secondary schools, and postsecondary schools to educate students about the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking; Whereas a recently released multistate study shows that the Nation’s domestic violence shelters are addressing victims’ urgent and long-term needs and are helping victims protect themselves and their children; Whereas a 2019 survey by the National Network to End Domestic Violence reported that 77,226 violence victims were served by domestic violence shelters and programs around the Nation in a single day; Whereas an additional 11,336 requests for services went unmet that day due to lack of resources; Whereas domestic violence advocates provide lifesaving, essential services; Whereas there is a need to increase—not reduce—funding for programs aimed at intervening in and preventing domestic violence in the United States