Jackie Speier actually said...

"One area I am concerned with regarding the SVC program is the ability of the special victims lawyer to operate independent of any command, similar to defense counsel."

"the process was worse than the rape"

"Do you believe recent expansions of the concept of apparent unlawful command influence hampers commanders and compromises their ability to set the necessary cultures within their units? How would your..."

"I worry that the confusion generated by having so many duty statuses is having an effect on retention in the Reserve Components."