Barbara Boxer: “My name is Azucena Sanchez-Scott. I am a survivor of breast cancer and Judge Kuhl's courtroom. I stand before you now…”

“My name is Azucena Sanchez-Scott. I am a survivor of breast cancer and Judge Kuhl's courtroom. I stand before you now because I want to tell my story so that other people will never have to relive it. Nothing about my cancer is easy. Not the chemotherapy, not the fear, and certainly not the emotional pain of disfigurement. As a person battling cancer each visit to the doctor brings questions about my future and my health. That is where I was when my doctor and a stranger walked in. The doctor offered no introduction and proceeded to examine me and asked that I disrobe. It was only when I left the office and inquired with the receptionist that I learned that the stranger was a sales representative for a drug company with no medical reason for being there. The bottom line, Carolyn Kuhl ruled against this woman, and when Senator Hutchison said she allowed the case of the doctor to go forward, that is what Judge Kuhl said. Then she retracted that and said: I made a mistake; I never had the doctor's case before me. So let's get the facts straight here.”