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Taking Sexual Assault Seriously: The Rape Kit Backlog and Human Rights

Type: Subcommittee Hearing
Date:
Time: 02:30pm
Location: Dirksen 226
Presiding: Senator Cornyn

May 13, 2015

 NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING

      The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing of the Subcommittee on The Constitution entitled “Taking Sexual Assault Seriously: The Rape Kit Backlog and Human Rights for Wednesday, May 20 at 2:30 p.m., in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

      Chairman Cornyn to preside.

      By order of the Chairman.

Member Statements

Witnesses

  • Mrs. Debbie Smith

    Sexual Assault Survivor
    Founder, Hope Exists After Rape Trauma (HEART)
    Williamsburg, VA
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  • Mr. Scott Berkowitz

    Founder and President
    Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
    Washington, D.C.
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  • Mr. Skylor Hearn

    Assistant Director
    Texas Department of Public Safety
    Austin, TX
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  • The Honorable Lisa Madigan

    Attorney General
    State of Illinois
    Chicago , IL
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  • Ms. Sarah Haacke Byrd

    Managing Director
    Joyful Heart Foundation
    New York, NY
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