Quote:
“I have met with so many survivors and I know that every single one
of us has. And I’ve heard from colleagues as they have shared with me
that they have been truly surprised, many stunned by what they are
learning as the prevalence of this unfortunately in our society today.
In Alaska, and the presiding officer knows in your state, the levels of
sexual assault that we see within our Native American and our Alaska
Native communities, the rates are incredibly devastating. It is not
something that we say we’ll get to tomorrow. We’ve heard those voices.
We’ve heard those voices, and I hope that we have all learned something,
that we owe it to the victims of sexual assault to do more and to do
better and to do it now with them.
Statement:
https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/senator-murkowski-speaks-on-supreme-court-nomination_