Jackie Speier

Are you not alarmed by the fact that in 43 percent of these cases, that no action was taken, and it met the definition of severe physical abuse?

We want you to set up--this is required by law.

I find that totally unacceptable.

We wish we had more information in order to actually understand the command actions.

The Army is the only service that has not fully implemented the IDC.

But the first step is that it should be reported to the family advocacy program at the installation level.

But, first, let me welcome our new ranking member to the committee, Congressman Mike Gallagher.

I want to welcome everyone. This is going to be a completely virtual hearing, and we have a very important topic to talk about today.

Good afternoon. My name is Jackie Speier, I chair the Military Personnel Subcommittee, and we are now going to bring this committee hearing to order.

I was very supportive of an amendment that was put into the NDAA to require that women register for Selective Service.

I wholeheartedly endorse the commission's recommendations.

Did AbbVie really need 256 separate and new patents? Did they have 256 new inventions related to Humira?

AbbVie successfully created what the title of the slide suggests, an entire estate of patent protection.

The Federal Government negotiated the price of these drugs.

I fear that the NDAA is too late; if we have to wait for the NDAA to provide the funding, that we will have jeopardized many lives.

I think everyone agrees that there was an abysmal failure of intelligence.

This was awarded during the final days of the Trump administration, and it smacks of abuse.

Larger contracts often enjoy an unfair advantage over smaller ones, and many have mastered manipulation of safety systems meant to prevent misconduct and abuse.

The U.S. Government is the biggest consumer in the world, spending a record of $228 billion alone in Fiscal Year 2020.

The Feres Doctrine is not law. It is a Supreme Court decision on which we have relied on.

It is offensive to the families who lose their children because of either dereliction of duty or gross negligence.

I agree with you, we can no longer use the term 'mishap.'

Based on what has been said by Ms. Maurer from GAO, we either have to decide to build fewer planes or purchase fewer planes or reduce the number of flight hours or reduce the number of requirements.

I think the American taxpayers are asking a very simple question. We spend more money on defense than our peers and near-peers combined.

And do we have any intention to maintain defense contractors in Afghanistan after we depart?