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Puzey, Lois - Parent
WEST AFRICA. >> MY NAME IS LOIS PUZEY AND I'M HERE IN THE NERVE MY DAUGHTER KATE WHO WAS MURDERED WHEN SERVING WITH THE PEACE CORPS. AND TO URGE CONGRESS...
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Clark, Carol - Volunteer
RAPE SURVIVOR. I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE IN MY EXPERIENCE BUT WHEN I LEARNED WOMEN TODAY ARE STILL LIVING WITH WHAT I THOUGHT HAD BEEN REMEDIED DECADES...
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Smochek, Jessica - Volunteer
WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING TO MAKE THE PEACE CORPS BETTER, STRONGER AND SAFER FOR VOLUNTEERS. IN 2004 I WAS 23 YEARS OLD. JUST OUT OF COLLEGE I JOINED THE...
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| 00:19:19 |
Koenin, Karestan - Adjunct Professor
PROFESSOR AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. THEY TEACH ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA. MY UNDERSTANDING AND PASSION FOR THE TOPIC OF THE RESULTS OF MY EDUCATION...
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| 00:25:17 |
March, Jennifer Wilson - Director
COMMEND THEM FOR THEIR COURAGE. I AM JENNIFER WILSON MARSH, SEXUAL ASSAULT HOT LINE DIRECTOR AT THE RAPE ABUSE AT RAININ, THE NATION AT LARGE AS SEXUAL...
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Q&A, -
YOUR BRAVE DAUGHTER AND YOUR TESTIMONY WILL
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Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
CHANGE THE WAY BUSINESS IS BEING DONE IN THE PEACE CORPS AND YOU ARE VERY BRAVE TO COME BEFORE US. I AM SORRY YOU ONLY HAD FIVE MINUTES TO DESCRIBE WHAT...
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| 00:31:44 |
Puzey, Lois - Parent
NOT JUST TRAINING PROCEDURES FOR VOLUNTEERS BUT THEY KNOW THEIR AVENUES AND HOW TO REPORT BUT ALSO IMPORTANT THAT STAFF KNOWS WHAT TO DO PARTICULARLY...
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| 00:32:45 |
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
AGAINST THEM. ONE OF THE TEAMS IN THE TESTIMONY THAT WE HEARD IS THAT THE PEACE CORPS WAS NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE COMPLAINTS, DID NOT ACT ON IT, ACCUSATIONS...
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| 00:33:27 |
Koenin, Karestan - Adjunct Professor
FACTOR IN DETERMINING WHETHER SHE OR HE WILL HAVE LONG-TERM MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OR NOT AND THE REASON IS IN THAT CUTE PERIOD THE VICTIM IS INCREDIBLY...
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Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
THERE WAS A VERY GENERAL -- THERE WAS NO CLEAR-CUT WHO TO CALL WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS,
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Smochek, Jessica - Volunteer
THOSE STEPS IN PLACE IF A CRIME WAS COMMITTED. TO DO YOU CALL? WHERE DO YOU NEED TO GO? HOW DO YOU FIND A SAFE PLACE? HOW IS YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY GOING...
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Berman, Howard L. - U.S. Representative, [D] California
HAVE HELPED TO MOTIVATE THE PEACE CORPS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO WILL SUFFER FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE GET THE ASSISTANCE THEY ARE ENTITLED TO. MISS PUZEY,...
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| 00:38:20 |
March, Jennifer Wilson - Director
RISK REDUCTION OR PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND I FIND THAT TO BE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. IN TERMS OF THE VICTIM ADVOCATE I DO FEEL THAT HAVING A VICTIM...
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Berman, Howard L. - U.S. Representative, [D] California
ABOUT THIS, BESIDES TO EMBARK ON A LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION AND MANDATE FOR THE BEST PRACTICES THAT MISS MARSH TALKED-ABOUT, ENFORCED POLICY OF THE...
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Koenin, Karestan - Adjunct Professor
WE WANTED A STRONGER, SAY FOR PEACE CORPS. WE NEED LEGISLATION TO CEMENT THE CHANGES THAT RAIN AND FIRST RESPONSE ACTION, SO WHEN DIRECTORS COME AND...
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| 00:42:23 |
Clark, Carol - Volunteer
WE AS AN AGENCY OF THE PEACE CORPS ARE THERE TO SHOWED THE REST OF THE WORLD THE BEST PART OF THE UNITED STATES. PEACE CORPS IS THERE TO MAKE CHANGES...
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Poe, Ted - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
TO MAKE IT BETTER AND SAFER, AMERICA'S ANGELS ABROAD. MISS PUZEY, WHAT IS THE ONE OF THING YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR? >> DIRECTOR...
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Puzey, Lois - Parent
COMPASSIONATE, WE ARE VERY SORRY. I NEVER DOUBTED THE COMPASSION OF DIRECTOR WILLIAMS OR THE PRESENT STAFF. WHAT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR IT IS...
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| 00:45:03 |
Poe, Ted - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
I THINK IT IS AWFUL. IN THE PEACE CORPS, OVERSEAS, BUT WHAT THIS IS A UNIQUE CRIME BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE ON THE BINGE. THE EMOTIONAL STABILITY OR THE...
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| 00:46:29 |
Koenin, Karestan - Adjunct Professor
IS ON THEIR SIDE. THAT THEY ARE NOT THE CRIMINAL. IN ALL OF OUR CASES WE HAVE FELT WE WERE THE CRIMINAL AND RAPE IS ALWAYS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE...
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| 00:48:15 |
Poe, Ted - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
BEFORE, BECAUSE OF THE APPOINTMENT TURNOVER, WE HEARD IN OUR MEETINGS WITH THE PEACE CORPS ABOUT PROGRAMS OR POLICIES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY...
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March, Jennifer Wilson - Director
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM HAVE SINCE LEFT. I THINK THE LEGISLATION IS THE BEST WAY TO GUARANTEE THESE PRACTICES...
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Wilson, Frederica - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
OCCURRED AND RAPE IS A HORRIBLE CRIME TANTAMOUNT TO DEATH IN MY OPINION. IT IS THE KILLING OF THE SPIRIT, THE SOUL OF WOMEN. I AM JUST WONDERING ABOUT...
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| 00:51:21 |
March, Jennifer Wilson - Director
A HORRIBLE CRIME. ACCORDING TO THE FBI IT RANKS ONLY TO HOMICIDE IN TERMS OF TRAUMA. >> I WILL DEFER TO DIRECTOR WILLIAMS TO TALK ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS IN...
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| 00:51:58 |
Koenin, Karestan - Adjunct Professor
STOP THE VIDEO THEY ARE SHOWING, SERVING SAFELY, THAT BLAMES VICTIMS FOR THEIR ASSAULTS AND END THE MAJOR AND MINOR DISTINCTION OF ASSAULT WHICH IS...
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| 00:52:46 |
Wilson, Frederica - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
TRYING TO ASK ABOUT PREVENTION. THESE COUNTRIES, WE ARE NOT SENDING WOMEN TO BE RAPED. THIS DOESN'T STOP, WE WILL PULL ALL OF OUR PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS...
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Koenin, Karestan - Adjunct Professor
TRAINING VOLUNTEERS. THE VIDEO ARE TALKED-ABOUT COOLING IS PART OF THEIR PREVENTION TRAINING. THE BEST PREVENTION IS THE PEACE CORPS CAN START TREATING...
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Schmidt, Jeannette "Jean" Marie - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio
OF FEW YEARS AGO WHO NEEDED TO COME HOME TO HER SISTER'S WEDDING. HER FATHER HAD DIED BUT THE INFLEXIBILITY OF THE PEACE CORPS DOES ALLOW HER TO COME...
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Puzey, Lois - Parent
TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. CONNOLLY. .. >>
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Connolly, Gerald "Gerry" E. - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
WE CAN'T MAKE EVERYBODY 100% SAFE EVERYWHERE. IT'S NOT THAT KIND OF WORLD. AND, FRANKLY, THE WORK OF THE PEACE CORPS PUTS PEOPLE IN MUCH RISKIER SITUATIONS....
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Buerkle, Ann Marie - U.S. Representative, [R] New York
YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH. AND MS. PUZEY, MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE LOSS OF YOUR DAUGHTER AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE. IT...
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| 01:02:51 |
Koenin, Karestan - Adjunct Professor
CAN DO, PUTTING THE THINGS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT A VICTIMS RECOVERY STARTS BEFORE AN ASSAULT EVEN OCCURS. STOP THE VICTIM BLAMING, CHANGE THE MENTALITY...
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| 01:04:21 |
Buerkle, Ann Marie - U.S. Representative, [R] New York
FROM BEING DONE. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COURAGE FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. I YIELD MY TIME. THANK...
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Payne, Donald M. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
SO MUCH EUPHORIA AND PRIDE, IN SOME COUNTRIES THEY MAKE OUTFITS THAT REFLECT THAT PARTICULAR COUNTRY. AND SO, I'VE BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUPPORTER OF THE...
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| 01:08:00 |
Puzey, Lois - Parent
SENATE. THAT'S THE STORY OF OUR LIVES. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL YIELD ABOUT. >> MS. SCHMIDT? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO...
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Smith, Christopher "Chris" H. - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
KNOW WHAT ELSE COULD BE. THE LEGISLATION IS IMPORTANT I'M SURE BY THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA WILL TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS. I KNOW SHE WILL...
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| 01:12:22 |
Smochek, Jessica - Volunteer
VERBAL AND PHYSICAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT. FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY. WE KEPT REPORTING INCIDENTS, TO THE MEDICAL OFFICER, TO THE SAFETY AND...
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| 01:14:40 |
Rivera, David - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
TO YOUR COUNTRY AND TO OTHER COUNTRIES, TO MANKIND. I CAN'T IMAGINE, THE ONES YOU ENTERED, YOUR SERVICE IN THE PEACE CORPS, PARTICULARLY SAYS AS HAS...
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| 01:17:00 |
Smochek, Jessica - Volunteer
MOVEMENT FORWARD IS THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES, AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WITHIN COUNTRY, BUT ALSO WITHIN UNITED STATES. AND THAT IS REALLY KEY BECAUSE...
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| 01:18:28 |
Clark, Carol - Volunteer
AN INDICATION THAT PEACE CORPS SHOULD BE DISINTEGRATED, BUT RATHER THAT PEACE CORPS HAS TAKEN THE CHANCE TO REFORM. WITH THAT IN MIND I WOULD SAY THAT...
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| 01:19:38 |
Koenin, Karestan - Adjunct Professor
BE PROTECTED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. MARCH? >> I'D LIKE TO REINFORCE WHAT THE WOMEN WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME SAID, AND ALSO GO BACK TO MY TESTIMONY...
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| 01:20:03 |
March, Jennifer Wilson - Director
TO FURTHER THAT PROCESS. >> AND MS. PUZEY, FINALLY. >> AS HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, I THINK THAT LEGISLATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW AT THIS TIME. IF REFORMS...
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| 01:20:31 |
Puzey, Lois - Parent
GOING TO GO WRONG. SO WHEN THERE IS, THE FAMILY SHOULD ALSO HAVE THAT SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR EXCELLENT TESTIMONY. THANK YOU...
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| 01:20:52 |
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
USE OF OUR TIME, DIDN'T WE?
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.