Jackie Speier

We must restore local control to the community.

I thank my constituents for the greatest opportunity of my life--to serve them. ____________________

This is my last speech on the House floor. I have given hundreds of speeches on this floor, but there will be no more. I am reminded of a quotation, each of us is called to do something, and if we don't do it, it won't get done. For almost…

This NDAA moves us forward in reforming the military justice system. We took sexual assault out of the chain of command last year in the NDAA. This year, we take sexual harassment out of the chain, and we require trained investigators who…

I thank my great caucus cochair and good friend, Congresswoman Lois Frankel, for this bill. I thank the chairman for bringing this bill to the floor. I also thank the Speaker for her extraordinary work in this area. I sit here and think to…

That's, frankly, BS.

You've got to take ownership of it.

I think there needs to be an absolute comprehensive review.

I'm not going to sugarcoat this. This is a scandal, and it's one that each and every one of you need to take ownership of.

What has happened in this country has happened as a result of Donald Trump giving license to people to spread the QAnon message and to attack.

Until the Republicans speak out strongly against this and join with the Democrats to make sure that any conduct by Members in Congress, or people that try to address Members of Congress in vicious ways are properly handled, it's going to…

I'm more anxious, and I think for all Members, there is going to be more trepidation associated with them being out with their constituents.

This is so egregious. And I think the American people need to sit back for a moment and think about as something like that happened in their home, how would they feel their sanctuary.

Words matter, and Members of Congress who speak in those kinds of terms should be called out.

I thank the gentleman for really powerful remarks. This issue doesn't have to be that hard, but because of legislation that has been passed previously, it has made it incredibly difficult. I am going to share with you now the stories of…

I thank the gentleman for those outstanding comments. He is another Member who has shown incredible leadership on the House Committee on Armed Services. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Crow), my good friend and…

The Army has implemented the command assessment program, which has been successful at weeding out toxic and ineffective leaders.

I thank the gentlewoman for her outstanding comments and for her great leadership that she has already demonstrated. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Moulton), a great American leader who has served his…

I thank the gentlewoman for her powerful comments. On top of everything else, we passed one law which was the Hyde amendment, that said you can't use Federal funds for medical abortions, so Medicaid was not made available for that purpose…

How will you ensure that the Special Trial Counsels are highly experienced and effective, and that you have enough of them for the rising caseloads of covered offenses?

And we can say pretty clearly that the Wagner Group is proxy for the Russian Government. And we need to call them out.

I thank the gentlewoman for her service then and for her service now. Her comments about young servicewomen just out of high school or college, who find themselves pregnant and seek an abortion, reminds me of a story that I heard at a base…

I rise this afternoon to hold this Special Order on a very important issue. It is an issue about abortion access in the military. I thank my colleagues for joining me and elevating their voices on the experience of our troops who are…

What specific actions are your services taking to build out military justice career tracks for judge advocates?