U.S. State Attorneys General

Servicemembers are protected from reprisal and retaliation under the provisions of section 1034 of title 10, U.S.C.

We are facing a crisis in the ranks.

DOD has been trying to work on the issue of sexual assault for a significant period of time.

Unless and until we professionalize the military justice system, and afford servicemembers at least the same access to legal redress that civilian victims have, including critical access to civil suits, we will not change this culture.

In a culture that is so deeply rooted in sexist traditions, in which sexual assault of men occurs even more often than sexual assault of women...

We need to think well outside the box to find transformative solutions.

In the age of Steubenville, it is also not safe to be a woman at the Service Academies.

The majority of these are bipartisan and bicameral, which speaks to the collective approach required to see real change happen.

We know that the military justice system has not worked effectively for you.

I have submitted several Senate bills in my testimony.

So these surveys are institutionalized in the Army. What about the other Services?

If the report goes to someone who then reports to the chain of command, the chain of command must now consider it an unrestricted report.

I would suggest, and following up on some of my other colleagues' line of questioning, that I would like to know who does the survey?

I would really like to hear from you as to when you intend to or if you intend to talk with our allies as to what their experience is in moving in the direction that some of these bills move in.

I would very much appreciate a response from all of our Services as to when they intend to talk with our allies, if they intend to, and with specifically regarding the removal of the chain of command on some of these decisions.

By combining insurance market reforms, new efficiencies created by the Marketplaces, and programs such as reinsurance that will help stabilize premiums in the new Marketplaces, the Affordable Care Act increases competition between health…

What would you say to Mr. Horne, who will pay $32,000 to provide a backstop to large insurance companies instead of having that money to reinvest in his business? Do you believe this is fair?

A government big enough to give you everything you need is powerful enough to take everything you have.

Americans support Social Security. They have earned it through their weekly payroll contributions.

Social Security has never contributed a penny to our current deficit or to our national debt.

We build; we don't tear down in America.

I really do believe that there is no better foreign aid than remittances.

You said the buck stops with you. Well, it stopped with her before that.

It's the tip of the iceberg.