Jackie Speier

There should be sanctions imposed on the crown prince.

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 certainly would appreciate that if that would be appropriate.

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.

I promise that I am listening and I will keep listening until every one of these recommendations is implemented.

I am not convinced that this is just a Fort Hood problem.

Do you think it would be appropriate to create an article in the UCMJ on sexual harassment?

We have spent almost a billion dollars over the last 10 years on this issue, and nothing changes.

The chief investigator in the middle of the investigation of Vanessa Guillen's disappearance was transferred.

The Military Personnel Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee will come to order.

In the Morales case, my conversation with the mother suggested to me that there was basically a sense that he was a bad actor...

The CID detachment received almost no support from their battalion leadership, resulting in an undermanned, inexperienced team investigating a high-profile disappearance.

So wouldn't that disqualify him as an armorer, if he had suicidal ideations?

We will hold the Army and its leadership accountable.

I thank the gentleman for the time and for his outstanding leadership, patience, and perseverance. I also thank Ranking Member Thornberry for his many years of distinguished service to our Nation, both in the military and in Congress. Mr…

Trust is paramount for any military unit or organization.

I believe, in the last 2 years' Congress, through this subcommittee, have achieved more for military families than any Congress I am aware of in a long, long time.

How do we make commanders at Fort Hood and other installations take these command climate surveys seriously?

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.

So one of the shocking things to me was the fact that it wasn't until after Vanessa Guillen's body was located that CID actually went back to the arms room and did a thorough investigation.

Should we be trusting the Taliban with women's rights, human rights, and minorities rights?