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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Jun 3, 2013

If 62 percent of the victims who have actually come forward to report a sexual assault or rape believe they have been retaliated against, how do you think you are going to instill that trust?

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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Jun 3, 2013

Why wouldn't you let someone who is experienced to make that decision, who is a prosecutor, so that you have an objective reviewer, someone who can't be biased in any way?

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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Jun 3, 2013

There seems to be a lack of awareness of incidents where a victim does not feel he or she has received justice.

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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Jun 3, 2013

I believe giving trained prosecutors the authority to convene court-martials to determine judges and juries and also backend authority would remove--would remove bias from the system.

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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Jun 3, 2013

Discipline is the heart of the military culture, and trust is its soul.

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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Jun 3, 2013

I agree with the part of Senator Gillibrand's legislation, and others, I think, have included this, too, in our legislation, that we should not be taking into account how good a military person is in deciding whether or not to try them on…

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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Jun 3, 2013

I think we have to look at restricted reporting with an emphasis on getting the perpetrator ID'd.

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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Jun 3, 2013

How do you intend to hold commanders accountable if they don't get reporting up and they don't begin to solve this problem?

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Steve Daines
@stevedaines· Republican · MT· Jun 3, 2013

Is another good reason for extension so that local Montanans can have sufficient opportunity to digest the proposed plans, evaluate impacts, and then comment on them?

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Steve Daines
@stevedaines· Republican · MT· Jun 3, 2013

I think many of us realize that the wolves didn't know where the boundary of Yellowstone National Park was. They tend to move.

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Steve Daines
@stevedaines· Republican · MT· Jun 3, 2013

I am an avid outdoorsman, I am a fifth-generation Montanan, I have spent more time above 10,000 feet backpacking in wilderness than most Sierra Club members have.

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Jun 3, 2013

As everyone is so aware, many families experience a sudden crisis--it could be a health issue, a job loss, or some kind of unforeseeable situation--that leaves them unable to make their mortgage payments, and many of them are today…

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Jun 3, 2013

We'll have a hearing on our need to invest in our Nation's transportation infrastructure.

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Jun 3, 2013

But I just had one final question, and that is that you recently announced a significant reorganization of the Office of Multifamily Housing.

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