Jackie Speier

We must restore local control to the community.

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

You've got to take ownership of it.

I think there needs to be an absolute comprehensive review.

That's, frankly, BS.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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

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.

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…

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…

It is both a war crime and it is a crime against humanity.

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

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

Mr. Raven, how will the Navy improve victim services in the deployed environment on ships and submarines where full-time victim advocate positions may not be present?

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

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?

Please provide a brief summary of actions taken so far to implement each IRC recommendation that has been tasked to the services.

No one should get a general discharge by being the person that's committed the crime of revenge porn.

When you have men and women who are reluctant to even consider coming into the military because of sexual assault and sexual harassment, that is going to affect recruitment, it clearly impacts retention, and it will have an effect on…

I implore my colleagues to regularly provide oversight on the implementation of the IRC's recommendations.

This is a very important hearing because, in fact, we are doing a benchmark review of the work of the DOD.