Jackie Speier: “We have now required racial and gender data collection for NJP. We also are providing better access to mental health. In…”

“We have now required racial and gender data collection for NJP. We also are providing better access to mental health. In the end, when servicemembers serve so do their families. This bill delivers on our commitment to them and to the military families. It also honors the memory of Specialist Guillen and others like her who have been killed, as well as the tens of thousands of survivors living with the scars of sexual assault. Madam Speaker, I thank Josh Connolly, my chief of staff; Brian Collins; Chuck Jackson, my fellow. I also thank the committee staff, Ilka Regino, Hannah Kaufman, Dave Giachetti, Ranking Member Mike Gallagher, and a special thanks to Chairman Adam Smith, who has worked so closely with me in making sure we got to this point.”