Jackie Speier

We are long past the Senate being this entity that is one that's engaged in debate. They don't even debate now, when they engage in a filibuster.

I'm so sick of prayers and thoughts. I've walked off the House floor, when we do these moments of silence, because it's so hypocritical.

I encourage you to create opportunities to meet with the spouses.

We have got to be very careful about any parts coming from China and the potential for malware to be embedded into any of that equipment or parts.

It just seems like, you know, stupid is as stupid does. Why are we doing the same thing over and over again?

I am curious as to whether or not it has been replaced.

This is a glorious day for women in America. With the passage of the ERA and the Violence Against Women Act, we are making great strides forward. This particular resolution does one thing. We want in the Constitution, plain and simple…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Violence Against Women Act. Twenty persons a minute are injured by an intimate partner; that is 10 million American men and women every year. It is time to do…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, my friend, my colleague, my co-chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus. I rise tonight in honor of Women's History Month and the heroic, trailblazing women of our military, who have risked their lives…

I look forward to hearing today from the seasoned investigators on the Review Commission about their impressions of the situation at Fort Hood.

You have been, really, an important voice for us to evaluate how our money is being spent and how it has been spent poorly.

But I fear that all of that is going to come to an end.

The numbers are skyrocketing. Do you have enough revenue or resources to provide the services necessary?

We have identified the need for additional agents, additional analysts in support, individuals to be able to cover this increase in reporting.

If they don't feel safe, if they don't feel that there is the talent necessary to do the investigations, then we have failed them.

I would like to ask unanimous consent that non-subcommittee members be allowed to participate and ask questions after all the subcommittee members have had the opportunity to ask their questions.

Thank you, Mr. Lopez.

I must tell you, I am truly disappointed that that is the extent of what you have gleaned from the report.

The Fort Hood report is required reading and continues to reveal new challenges and problems.

Well, with all due respect, General, the Killeen sheriff, I believe, said that he presented a PowerPoint to the leadership at Fort Hood wanting to do more work together, and they received no response to that.

The leadership at Fort Hood has changed. They have pulled out the entire team and replaced them.

Your report has become a bible of sorts that I carry with me on my plane rides, and find that every time I read it, I learn something new and, unfortunately, something that dismays me even more.

I will ensure we keep our foot firmly on the pedal until the Army turns itself around and our service members and their families are safe.

You know, for the longest time, Walter Jones was the only Republican that wanted to see us out of Afghanistan.

It was the leadership under a number of generals or colonels that, basically, had their eyes off the ball.