Jackie Speier

I was one of the members in the House Gallery lying on the floor when the shots rang out, thinking that I was going to die that day.

And the intention is to lie to them, deceive them, and coerce them out of their abortion decisions.

That was, in fact, what happened. So we put on notice all Americans in Afghanistan, on April 27, it was time to get out.

So then-President Trump calls for a total withdrawal by May 1, 2021, and no plans had been made during his administration for withdrawal.

It was in 2017 that then-President Trump relaxed rules of engagement for air strikes, and there was a massive increase in civilian casualties.

I thank the chairman, and I thank Judy Chu for their leadership. Madam Speaker, 10 years ago on this floor, I spoke about a second- term abortion that I had. It was painful. It was hard. But I did because so many on the other side of the…

To the members of the Rules Committee, I appreciate the hard work that you have put into getting this bill to the floor. I am only going to speak about one issue in this particular NDAA, something that I have been working on for 10 years…

I am proud to speak in support of this bill which passed out of our committee with overwhelming bipartisan support. This year's NDAA continues the committee's tradition of improving the lives of servicemembers and their families by…

There`s going to be blood on their hands, you`re going to see the stock market plummet as the increase in interest rates, you`re going to see Social Security recipients not receiving their checks. And we`re going to point to the…

We`re turning the tables now. We`re saying, all right, for the rest of the country, we want to make sure that you have universal pre-K. That you have childcare. That you have in fact some chance of making it in this country, with community…

What they should realize is that his 36 years in the Senate is paying off for the American people. He made a commitment to try and negotiate with Republicans and he has delivered on that commitment.

I thank the chair of the Appropriations Committee whom I deeply adore. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my amendment which highlights the Defense Department's abject failure to maintain its child development centers and its barracks and…

I thank my dear friend, the chair of the Committee on Appropriations. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of my amendment to block funding the DeVos title IX rule. Just imagine: You have endured the horror of campus sexual assault, and now…

I thank my friend and colleague from California, the chair, for the opportunity to speak on behalf of this amendment. This would increase the funding for the San Francisco Bay restoration from $25 million to $30 million, a small sum in the…

Let me just conclude by urging all of you to recognize that we are the last to respond more often than not.

When Vanessa Guillen's murder took place at Fort Hood, the inspector general went down within a short period of time, came back, and reported that everything was just fine.

I appreciate your assurances that my efforts to remove all felony crimes from the chain of command are complementary to the IRC's recommendations.

I believe the commission's rationale for removing sexual assault prosecution decisions from the chain of command also applies to other felony-level offenses that are non-military-specific.

The IRC recommended that sexual harassment be investigated by trained investigators outside the chain of command.

There should be a mandatory restitution provision for victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault within the military context.

I appreciate you being here today.

The toll sexual assault and sexual harassment has taken on our military is devastating and incalculable.

Would you make the committee aware of what installations are in that particular group?

Deputy Secretary, you are aware, of course, that many other countries have included nonmilitary felonies and it has not impacted good order and discipline or unit cohesion, including the U.K., Canada, Germany, Israel, correct?

I thought that was a way of establishing accountability and hopefully to discourage that kind of behavior.