Norma Torres: “Let the Record show that Oklahoma's Fourth District has 146,168 eligible Medicare beneficiaries that will be harmed if…”

“Let the Record show that Oklahoma's Fourth District has 146,168 eligible Medicare beneficiaries that will be harmed if H.R. 1868 does not pass. Let the Record show that Minnesota's Seventh District has 152,451 eligible Medicare beneficiaries that will also be harmed if H.R. 1868 does not pass. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record an October 18, 2019, USA Today article entitled, ``1 in 3 American Indian and Alaska Native women will be raped, but survivors rarely find justice on tribal lands.'' [From USA TODAY, Oct. 18, 2019] 1 in 3 American Indian and Alaska Native Women Will Be Raped, But Survivors Rarely Find Justice on Tribal Lands (By Maren Machles, Carrie Cochran, Angela M. Hill and Suzette Brewer) Twila Szymanski lowered the scope on her rifle, took aim and hit a target in the distance. The shooting range is where she and her husband go to relax and forget the things they worry about, she said. Some experiences are hard to shake. ``To trust somebody you know after a sexual assault happens . . . it has been so difficult to work through that,'' Szymanski said. Szymanski, 40, has lived on the Fort Peck Reservation in northeast Montana since she was born and is an enrolled member of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux tribes. She said she's been assaulted three times. ``I was a victim when I was 13, a victim when I was 14 and a victim when I was 34,'' she said. Twila Szymanski is a lifelong resident of the Fort Peck Reservation.…”