Jackie Speier: “This really should be our Bible in this committee.”

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…

I'm not going to sugarcoat this. This is a scandal, and it's one that each and every one of you need to take ownership of.

This is not a hearing on whether or not service members should be able to choose where they serve.

When you have men and women who are reluctant to even consider coming into the military because of sexual assault and sexual harassment, that is going to affect recruitment, it clearly impacts retention, and it will have an effect on…