Jackie Speier actually said...

"I am introducing a bill today that will basically say no longer can a consensual relationship between a training instructor and a trainee be used as a defense for the acts of the training instructor."

"How can the USAF live up to its vision when the outward appearance of the Service is that it has recruited individuals that think it is acceptable to engage in behavior that runs counter of that visio..."

"So we can reduce--even though this is a felony, even though this is a crime, if you have been an exemplary soldier, then we are going to reduce the sentence."

"But knowing that, don't we have a greater obligation in the military to make sure that these individuals that prey on victims, trainees in this case, over and over again, get taken out?"