Farías explains rare decision to extend time for survivor testimony
Farías says she rarely extends testimony mid-hearing but is respecting the bravery of survivors. She says their testimony gives her tools to fight for the bills and oversight outcomes from the hearing.
I very rarely in my tenure in the council in the middle of a hearing extend the time.
That's probably the first time I've ever done that.
This is a moment where I have an understanding, I think, beyond what I can vocalize of the time that's been given to everyone here.
I'm trying to just really, in my duty, respect even just the bravery of showing up to testify for survivors.
Means a lot to me because it's the only way that I'm going to have the tools that I need in my toolkit to fight for the things that we need that are coming out of this hearing that are within these bills that we're hearing today and that through numerous conversations I've had, site visits I've made,
we're able to do the work together continuously.
So I thank everyone.
I don't have any additional questions for this panel.
Yes, of course you can add.