Jackie Speier: “Shame on us for not having addressed this sooner.”

I thank my great caucus cochair and good friend, Congresswoman Lois Frankel, for this bill. I thank the chairman for bringing this bill to the floor. I also thank the Speaker for her extraordinary work in this area. I sit here and think to…

I implore my colleagues to regularly provide oversight on the implementation of the IRC's recommendations.

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

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