How To Address A Letter Without Knowing Gender

it was called a special order hour -- and the order of the evening was honoring the stanford sexual assault survivor who's letter has gone mega-viral

How To Address A Letter Without Knowing Gender, and sparked a new conversation about rape in the u-s. 18 members of congress. both democrat and republican, stepped

up to the microphone in the house of representatives tonight... nats and read 72- hundred words into the congressional record. rep. jackie speier 16.54.21.17 we are doing something tonight that has never been done on the house floor before one by one --

painful memory by painful memory -- they read the stanford victim's impact statement. 16.55.32.04 your honor, if it's alright, for the majority of this statement, i would like to address the defendant directly. you don't know me, but you've been inside me and that's why

we're here today rep. katherine clark 16.56.37.22 i made silly faces, let my guard down and drank liquor too fast - not factoring in that my tolerance had lowered significantly since college. the next thing i remember, i was in a gurney in a hallway. i had

dried blood and bandages on the backs of my hands and elbow rep. david cicilline 16.59.45.16 i wanted to take off my body like a jacket and leave it at the hospital with everything else at rape trauma services in burlingame -- there was only one phrase to describe the platform

given to the stanford survivor. cindy marroquin\rape trauma services 17.33.59.22 i think it's monumental cindy marroquin says it's an important moment not just for the stanford survivor, but for all victims of sexual violence. 17.33.29.11 a lot of survivors feel that she

was able to tell their story - when for whatever reasons, they haven't been able to, so that's been really powerful in a congress that can't agree on seemingly anything -- members crossed the aisle in support of just one thing tonight. 16.55.07.18 emily doe is a

survivor in every sense of the word and her words deserve to be amplified speier was joined by fellow californians maxine waters, eric swalwell, loretta sanchez, anna eshoo, judy chu and mark takano.. along with republicans louis gohmert and

ted poe. on the nightbeat - i'm andria borba.