Start Marissa Hargitay on a hearing on Sexual Assault and treatment. Sexualke on those facing violence and what can be done to the untested backlog of rape kits and resources for rape victims. This is two hours. Morning, wele first roundtable for them Bipartisan Task force to end Sexual Violence. I would like to welcome you all to our Exceptional Panel of witnesses and the members of the task force who have joined us here this morning. Thank you all for being here. This promises to be an insightful conversation on a number of issues affecting people across our country. We announced the formation of the task force to end Sexual Violence. Also, assault awareness month. Andre educating ourselves our peers on the challenges our nation faces and the ways we, as representatives, can help combat Sexual Violence in its many forms. My colleagues have their own reasons for being here. For me, i want to be involved because i saw this problem firsthand as in my 25 years as a prosecuting attorney.
After he had shot mike. Reporter sean says he knew, liked and respected benson louie and wayne chan. Cannot speak enough of how awesome they were and theyre good guys. Reporter as for mike lefiti. Est close to me. He was close to me. And i think its hard to lose all of them but mike was hard to deal with me for me personally. Reporter he knew jimmy, too. I spoke to him tuesday night after work. We joked. We laughed and we went home. Reporter he says there were no visible signs which makes it more confusing and painful. You dont understand, like, how that could happen. Or why those people . Reporter we have heard complaints about tough hours and a challenging culture at u. P. S. Over the past few days. Sean echoes that saying, its a good job. But a stressful one. I hope that if work was a mitigating circumstance to jimmy and thats partially what caused this, that its something that we can all see that we need to change. Reporter coach says he is also dealing with a good amount of surviv
Targets, with having advisors on the ground . Should we be at war in yemen . Cspan programs are available at cspan. Org. Right on our home page or by searching the video library. Up next, testimony from health and Human Services secretary tom price on President Trumps proposed 2018 budget request for his department. He discussed a range of issues including proposed cuts to medicaid and allowing businesses to opt out of providing insurance that covers Birth Control to female employees. Held by the Senate Finance committee, this is just over two hours. The committee will come to order. Were going to first listen to the distinguished senator from oregon who has to go to another Committee Hearing so well show that deference to him. I welcome everybody to this mornings hearing on the president s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 with specific attention to the department of health and Human Services. But let me i want to thank secretary price for being here. These hearings are an annual e
Good morning, welcome to the first roundtable for the Bipartisan Task force to end Sexual Violence. I would like to welcome you all to our Exceptional Panel of witnesses and the members of the task force who have joined us here this morning. Thank you all for being here. This promises to be an insightful conversation on a number of issues affecting people across our country. We announced the formation of the task force to end Sexual Violence. Also, assault awareness month. We are educating ourselves and our peers on the challenges our nation faces and the ways we, as representatives, can help combat Sexual Violence in its many forms. My colleagues have their own reasons for being here. For me, i want to be involved , because i saw this problem firsthand in my 25 years as a prosecuting attorney. A Sexual Assault kit is a tool used to collect evidence from a survivor after an assault. These examinations are completed by a medical professional, ideally a specifically trained Sexual Assaul
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