I'm not sure if you have heard of Cait Alexander. She has an organization called EVE. She testified here at the committee a few years ago. Unfortunately, that didn't go very well, but one of the things that we know is that intimate partner violence has increased 76%.
How do we continue on this path without making changes so that this number...? It shouldn't be 76%; it should be zero, as far as I'm concerned, but we continue to ignore the importance of all the laws that are involved, especially with bail reform.
If we're not going to protect these women, then we have to stop lying to each other. We either do something about the law or we do something different in how we protect them. How can we do this if we don't change the laws?
Does anybody want to take a stab at that?