Jackie Speier: “we have almost twice as many contractors in Afghanistan as we have service members there.”

It pains me, as I am sure it pains many of us, to hear these stories, but they are real stories.

You've got to take ownership of it.

I thank the gentleman for those outstanding comments. He is another Member who has shown incredible leadership on the House Committee on Armed Services. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Crow), my good friend and…

I rise this afternoon to hold this Special Order on a very important issue. It is an issue about abortion access in the military. I thank my colleagues for joining me and elevating their voices on the experience of our troops who are…