"opening statement"
"If raping an infant is not a crime against humanity, I don't know what is."
"I want to express my deep gratitude to Senator Feingold for agreeing to hold this joint subcommittee hearing with me today."
"This must stop. And, colleagues, we must come together across all the lines that normally divide us."
"How is it possible that there are only two fistula surgeons in all of eastern Congo, given the scope of the crisis?"
"We need to get doctors there, OK, and we need to take the lead."
"We need a sense of urgency. You're new, you're all new, but you're not new to these issues."
"We cannot wait. We cannot read another one of these stories. We cannot look at another one of these pictures."
"It is just beyond belief to me that something that has to have universal offense to every living human being, we have not mobilized more resources to, at the very least, deal with the victims after th..."
"I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Senator Boxer and Senator Feingold for bringing the issue of sexual and gender-based violence to the attention of the United States Government."
"I would like express my sincere appreciation to Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator Russell Feingold for their remarkable effort to bring the issue of sexual violence and gender-based violence against w..."
"the silence on this issue has ended, and in the Senate today, across party lines, we hear you very clearly."