Jackie Speier: “It goes down to the fact that commanders are people. We are fallible. We are humans.”

When you have men and women who are reluctant to even consider coming into the military because of sexual assault and sexual harassment, that is going to affect recruitment, it clearly impacts retention, and it will have an effect on…

Words matter, and Members of Congress who speak in those kinds of terms should be called out.

I thank the gentleman for those outstanding comments. He is another Member who has shown incredible leadership on the House Committee on Armed Services. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Crow), my good friend and…

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