Jackie Speier

This legislation, and again, they are marking it up right now in the Judiciary Committee, is going to return to the consumer, return to the employee, the opportunity to not sign a forced arbitration agreement when they are at the most…

That is correct. Without being harsh here, it is rigged. You are not necessarily, in all likelihood, going to get a fair hearing. You are not going to have someone who is independent. Oftentimes they are employed by, selected by the…

Oftentimes it does. In one of the cases that our colleague from New York reflected on, it was costing her hundreds of thousands of dollars. In this case I am going to speak about, the patient, the client at the nursing home had to pay…

That is absolutely correct. And it is really important for us to make the public aware that whether you know it or not you are probably signing these arbitration clauses every time you sign up for a particular program, a particular…

She signed up for it and then decided she didn't want to do it and didn't read the fine print that said she had to go to arbitration?

So this is a consumer who went to get a package of three massages at Massage Envy?

Actually, no, I don't. It sounds like someone talking about repairing one's car, but, you know . . .

Well, because there is no justice. Oftentimes, as we have pointed out, these arbitration claims end up benefiting the company as opposed to the individual. So few of them actually result in claims being paid out to the consumer or the…

I'm astonished by the questioning that you were just presented with.

That's astonishing questioning that we just heard.

A 25-year-old sister and an eight-year-old child is a family unit and they should not have been separated.

This would not be allowed as a kennel for dogs, yet that's how we're housing them.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Brindisi The Acting CHAIR. It…

These are servicemembers who deserve our support. These are servicemembers who have already identified as trans members in our military. They provide no issues in terms of lethality or cohesion. They serve with distinction, with honor, and…

I thank the gentlewoman from Missouri for yielding. Let me be clear, we are already providing this service in the branches. They are not uniform. This would make it uniform. So whatever is being provided now would continue to be provided…

I am proud to speak in support of this bipartisan bill that contains the priorities of both parties. And while it wasn't unanimous, it does nothing to change our responsibilities to give military members and families bipartisan support. We…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Ms. Speier The Acting CHAIR. It…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new section: SEC. 729. EDUCATION ON FAMILY…

I really object to my good friend and colleague's definition of what this is actually doing. We are already providing this kind of training, this kind of education to our servicemembers in all our branches. We do know that the Navy and…

We withdrew this particular amendment during the committee's disposition on the NDAA at the request of Mr. Kelly because I recognized that he had some important points to make. I think this addresses his concern. This particular amendment…

This is not my America. This is not the values of our America. Look at this picture. Now, some critics think that this should not have been published, but I disagree, because these people are not rapists or murderers or drug dealers. This…

I find it stunning today that we have so many people on the other side of the aisle who took an oath of office that they would uphold the Constitution and all the laws of this country, and now we have the Hatch Act that's being violated.

What we have seen over and over again by the President is a willful intentional action to evade the law.

Nobody, nobody, is above the law.

It is so important that we provide more federal funding to protect and restore the Bay.