portant as the initial assertion Of a victim's right. This provision ensures re- view and encourages courts to broadly defend the victims' rights. ISO CONG. Rico. 84210 (Apr. 22. 2004) (state- ment of Sen. Kyl) (emphases added). Simi- larly. the CVRA's cosponsor with mo. Sen- ator Feinstein. stated that

oceedings involving release, delay, plea, or sentencing, in which victims' rights were not protected, and ordering those proceedings to be redone." ISO CONG. REC. 22954 (Oct. 9, 2004) (statement of Sen. Kyl) (emphasis added). Ele went on to emphasize that "[i]t is important for victims' rights to be ass