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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 thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I want to compliment her on a profound, articulate, and accurate statement of what is wrong with what is going on in this country and what is going on wrong in this body. As one of the co-chairs of the…
Every time I see people with gloves on, I worry that they don't appreciate that they are actually making things worse for themselves.
I have companies in my district that took advantage of PPP, that is the Payroll Protection Plan.
It has been estimated that it is $183 million. The U.S. Government, the taxpayers of this country, are paying 75 percent of your budget and your profits.
We already know that there are nine flaws on the F-35 that are identified as critical, as priority ones, that, to my knowledge, have still not been addressed.
I thank the chair for yielding and for his outstanding leadership and to Ranking Member Thornberry for an outstanding job over his 25 years. I am proud to speak in support of this bipartisan bill that was passed unanimously out of…
I agree with General Pede on outside assistance. I think that it is going to be important this look be deliberate, that it be thoughtful, and it is not going to be over quick.
We have to accept that this isn't just unconscious bias, that there are people who don't like Black people or other minorities and don't want them in the military, and they have to try to root this out.
Do any of you think that someone should be court-martialed for being 6 minutes late to a formation meeting?
Let me just end with a few comments. 540I was put into the NDAA not by you, not at your request, but at Congress' request.
General Pede, you said that, much like sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, we have to focus on this with the same laser focus that we have provided for that issue, and I agree with you.
We must commit ourselves to ensure that the military treats service members of color equally and justly.
Conviction rate at special and general courts-martial remain about the same for Black and White service members, yet significantly more of Black service members are brought to court-martial.
Protect our Defenders, when they came out with the report, found that the Air Force was 71 percent more likely to have Black airmen face court-martial than Whites; Army was 61 percent; Navy was 40 percent; the Marine Corps was 32 percent.
They need to be looking at outside sources to come in and talk to them about that, experts on disparity.
Like our chairwoman, I have introduced legislation to compensate those who have passed from this virus and those who have been sickened by it as essential workers.
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