I am deeply troubled, however, by the statement you made in your prepared remarks in which you said estimated prevalence rates of sexual assault in the Department of Defense have decreased by over one-third in the past 14 years.
Speier expresses concern over misleading statistics on sexual assault rates in the military.
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