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…

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 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…

Thank you, Mr. Lopez.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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