Jackie Speier: “I would tell him that women oftentimes find themselves in complications with pregnancy. It happens very frequently.”

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…

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…

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

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