Washington, April 21 -- Congresswoman Lateefah Simon issued the following press release:
Today, during National Crime Victims' Rights Week, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) and Emilia Sykes (D-OH-13) introduced the Crime Survivor Support and Stability Act. This bill would strengthen the federal response to violent crime by affirming survivors' rights, funding community-based assistance, and improving how we measure survivors' needs via supplemental state-level surveys.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately 6.4 million violent victimizations occurred in 2023 alone. These incidents carry an estimated economic cost of billions of dollars annually in medical expenses, lost wages, and related burdens; this financia...