41 years ago, President Nixon signed the landmark Title IX legislation into law, giving girls and boys equal opportunities in sports. But what many people don't know is that there was a 5-foot, 2-inch Japanese American woman from Hawaii…

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

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

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

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

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.

General Dempsey, General Odierno, Admiral Greenert, General Amos, General Welsh, and Admiral Papp, after the initial training, how often is it repeated as these servicemembers progress in their careers?

I have submitted several Senate bills in my testimony.

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.

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.

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

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...

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?

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.

Servicemembers are protected under law and DOD policy from retaliatory personnel actions based on protected communications.

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