Jackie Speier: “It is not good enough to come here and make happy talk about how you want to be helpful.”

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…

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 so egregious. And I think the American people need to sit back for a moment and think about as something like that happened in their home, how would they feel their sanctuary.