"Thank you, Madam Chair and Ranking Member Chabot. I would like to thank the Committee for considering my bill, H.R. 1615, the VA-SBA Act."
"I just ask that equal time be represented in this hearing and all other hearings."
"But we have a policy--it is either DOD or Department of the Army--which requires that she be--have another female officer with her in order to serve, okay?"
"We have got to be careful with policies that segregate, and we have got to integrate."
"I have a continued focus on our Gold Star families and how we best serve those survivors of our Gold Star--of our warriors who die in combat."
"We need to change the things that we can to make it better."
"We are talking about differences between equity and law and equity--or cases of equity and cases of law, dicta versus real law."
"As a former commander and district attorney, I know that sexual assault is a scourge on both the military and society as a whole."
"I am committed to working to find meaningful, effective solutions to this problem."
"The numbers don't lie."
"The perfect is always the enemy of the good."