Jackie Speier

What explains the extraordinary overruns in the cost of the F-35 to run?

I, too, do not support defunding the police.

I think the American public has the right to know.

It's quite simple. Basically, it would allow that the names and the information about products that are linked to injuries and death be made public.

Would you support an amendment to the CPSC that would no longer provide the kind of a gag rule that allows for deaths of products to not be disclosed to the public?

Why is this critical training discretionary, and will the Navy commit to making it mandatory?

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.