WHEN A CAUSE IS GREATER THAN YOU ARE AND YOU ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR WHAT IS RIGHT YOU CAN MOVE CONGRESS TO PASS A LAW TO PROTECT A WOMAN'S RIGHT AFTER A SEXUAL ASSAULT - AS AMANDA NGUYEN WALKS THE HALLS OF CONGRESS IN 2013 AND EVENTUAL WITH THE GROUP RISE TO FORCE THE JUGGERNAUT LEGISLATORS TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE - AS THE POTUS BHO SIGNS INTO LAW TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE RAPE KITS IN SEXUAL ASSAULTS BEYOND THE 6 MONTHS - CONSIDER THAT THE RAPE CLOCK CAN BE RUN OUT BY THE ATTACKERS AFTER 6 MONTHS IF THE EVIDENCE CAN BE DISCARDED

.....Congressional aides say Nguyen began walking the halls of congressional office buildings in 2013, legislation in hand, looking for someone to take up the cause of ensuring evidence collected from rape victims is not destroyed after six months.
Her quest took her over countless feet of tile and concrete floors, and past ornate columns. Eventually, she headed to the Hart Senate Office Building on the Senate side, and found her way into the office of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
She first met with an aide to the New Hampshire Democrat, who quickly recognized the issue was worthy of quick action and one that could likely be shepherded to the president’s desk for his signature.
Soon after, Nguyen met with Shaheen, who has written that she was “deeply moved” by the 24-year-old’s story.
“The trauma of the assault was made worse by what came next as she sought justice. After reporting her assault, she experienced a criminal justice system that was working against her, not for her,” Shaheen wrote in a Medium post. “Amanda, and so many survivors like her, have to navigate a complex and cryptic maze of policies and laws that differ from state to state, jurisdiction to jurisdiction.”
Six months after meeting with Nguyen — a relative blink of an eye when it comes to moving legislation — Shaheen and fellow Democrats Judiciary ranking member Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont and Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut introduced an early version of the legislation.
Between those first July 2015 meetings and the bill’s introduction in February, aides say it underwent a thorough process that included numerous drafts......


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