Jackie Speier
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Jackie Speier is a former U.S. Representative from California, serving in the House of Representatives from January 3, 2008, until January 15, 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented California's 14th congressional district. Speier is known for her advocacy on issues such as women's rights, healthcare, and gun control. She gained national attention for her work on the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights and her efforts to address military sexual assault. Speier's political career began in the California State Assembly, where she served from 2002 to 2006 before moving to the U.S. Congress.
I wanted to make sure that you are going to be complying with the tenant bill of rights for all your existing contracts in addition to any new contracts.
The truth of the matter is that you are, in fact, responsible to comply with the laws of cities and States as it relates to your housing conditions
I want to call out the irresponsible conduct of Clark Realty Capital and convey to them, you can run, but you cannot hide.
I am really upset about this. In fact, I am gravely disappointed by their decision.
All we're trying to do is give a hand up to those Americans who are the working stiffs who are just trying to get back into the game.
But it is, in fact, still an incredible lifeline for Americans across this country who are holding on.
These are people that, frankly, probably don't belong in Congress, because they are there to inflame an outrage.
I would agree with you. In fact, I think many of the Inspector Generals associated with the military services do not have the skills at all to provide that function.
I think this is so ripe for our continuing review this year, Madam Chair, that we do that.
So, it was a truly callous act within the Department of Justice in not stepping in and providing some kind of mitigation.
I have seared in my memory two images in particular: a young girl, maybe four years old, in a cell at Border Patrol sobbing because she had been separated from her mother...
I was on that gallery floor and told to, you know, lie down on there. And then I heard the shot ring out and it, yeah, of course, it took me back in time. And I remember lying my cheek on the cold marble floor and thinking, can this be…
The Department of Defense must make more extensive efforts to ensure that recruiters and commanders responsible for identifying and addressing prohibited activities and discriminatory harassment have the education and training to recognize…
I just want to point out that the congressional Review Act has been used to overturn 17 rules.
This is oftentimes called midnight rulemaking because in the attempts in the waning hours of an administration to achieve political policy goals they do them in the dark of night.
We have spent almost a billion dollars over the last 10 years on this issue, and nothing changes.
It was a culture that was developed over time out of neglect and persisted over a series of commands that predated 2018. A toxic culture was allowed to harden and set.
In the Morales case, my conversation with the mother suggested to me that there was basically a sense that he was a bad actor...
Do you think it would be appropriate to create an article in the UCMJ on sexual harassment?





