Jackie Speier: “To protect the United States interests and to do what is best for our service men and women, we need a ship that is…”

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…

And I would also say, Under Secretary, while you are doing that education with women who are in boot camp, we really need it for the men as well, because, truly, we keep losing sight of the fact that there are two in this process.

I think we really need to delve into, though. One is a more robust contraception education program within the military.

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.