Jackie Speier actually said...

"Transgender troops have the right to serve as their full selves and shouldn't have to live in fear of being found out."

"You know, I am truly astonished by your presentation so I must say, you have just had the opportunity to listen to 5 transgender service members, 10, 15 years, many of them leaders, many of them deplo..."

"Did the Department of Defense perform any systematic surveys or comparisons of the actual experiences of military units with or without transgender personnel?"

"I really believe that you want to do the right thing. I also worry that we have not found the formula that is going to reduce the numbers."