; Whereas between 94 to 99 percent of abusive relationships include financial abuse, causing the survivors to stay or return to the abusive relationship; Whereas more than 8,000,000 days of paid work each year are lost due to domestic violence issues, and the financial cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $9,300,000,000 per year; Whereas 96 percent of employed domestic violence victims experience problems at work due to abuse; Whereas 1 in 15 children is exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90 percent of these children are eyewitnesses to such violence; 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 1 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 73 percent of male abusers were abused as children; Whereas 1 in 10 District of Columbia high school students reported experiencing physical violence from a dating partner in the past year while 5 percent specified sexual dating violence; 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 2022 survey by the National Network to End Domestic Violence reported that 79,335 violence victims were served by domestic violence shelters and programs around the Nation in a single day