diteier from glisten. >> thank you so much, congressman takano, congressman pocan, senator schatz. we are so grateful to have so many leaders who are fighting for safer, more afirming and inclusive school environments, especially k-12. imlisen was founded by a series of educators in 1990's who saw persistent bullying and harassment of lgbtq i youth. it is students who started acting in 1996 with the day of silence action. day of silence is an opportunity to draw attention to the high rates of harassment and discrimination in classroom settings. 83% of lgbtqi youth continue to be bullied and harassed. unfortunately, 62% of those who are the victims of assault and discrimination in schools don't report that to school staff. we need to continue to rise up, to fight back against both the hateful rhetoric, the peer and school staff bullying that happens, and the discriminatory policies that hold back lgbtq youth and in particular transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive youth. glsen is grateful to be here. we are grateful to our congressional leaders who are championing these inclusi