Jackie Speier actually said...

"Let me clarify for everyone that this committee has full jurisdiction over the quality of medical health care in the military, and that is why we are having this hearing."

"I think we have struggled for a long time on the issue of widowhood and the compensation issue, and it is one that has to be fixed."

"This includes standardizing patient experience, improving quality of care, and increasing access to care--reforms that are essential to fixing the types of issues highlighted by your cases."

"But even if the Feres doctrine is changed, we know it will not make you or the other victims of military medical malpractice whole."