Jackie Speier actually said...

"So I think the concern that many of us have is that, if you are going to put a subsequent layer of assessment that is subjective, it could easily be twisted in a manner that could allow for the decisi..."

"People who are in the military should be allowed to seek health care for whatever issues they might have, whether it is trans related or not."

"There is nothing about being transgender that diminishes a person's ability to serve in the military."

"Did the Department of Defense perform any systematic surveys or comparisons of the actual experiences of military units with or without transgender personnel?"