"If raping an infant is not a crime against humanity, I don't know what is."
"This must stop. And, colleagues, we must come together across all the lines that normally divide us."
"We need a sense of urgency. You're new, you're all new, but you're not new to these issues."
"I pledge to you that I, just me, just this voice, is going to be heard."
"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 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 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."
"I commend Senator Feingold and Senator Boxer for their initiative in holding this hearing."