Jackie Speier

If you are not familiar, would you become familiar and then report back to the committee on why you felt compelled to shield the analysis from the public?

So you work for the American people; correct?

So how do you account for that?

Academia does a pretty good job of recruiting a particular professor and typically the spouse is also highly educated but may not be recruited.

The Army didn't meet its goals for recruitment.

The services need to end business as usual.

Is 2 years something we should look at? Should it be 3 or 4?

The status quo is not sustainable.

Actually, Ms. McNeil indicated that she is still lacking documents that she needs for assessments.

You should know this off the top of your head. It is 40 percent.

We need measurements.

How many of those have been adopted?

40 percent of the deaths are attributed to persons getting prescription drugs in the United States.

If you would make the committee -- put on paper a document that goes over the 56 recommendations.

I want a commitment from you today that you will make those documents available within the next two weeks.

It is absolutely shameful that we would sit here and conflate a continuing debate about a border wall with the fact that 70,000 Americans are dying every single year in this country.

Today I have the great honor of reading again along with my colleague, Angie Craig, ``I Am Jazz.'' It is a book about a transsexual young boy who becomes a young girl. ``I am Jazz. ``For as long as I can remember, my favorite color has…

Who did the Panel consult with?

Who was on the Panel of Experts?

If someone has already had the surgery, has transitioned, the likelihood of gender dysphoria drops dramatically.

The ban on transgender individuals actually harms unit cohesion and effectiveness.

Policy decisions... impacting our service members should be based on science.

There is nothing about being transgender that diminishes a person's ability to serve in the military.

I do not experiment with command positions. They are too important.

People who are in the military should be allowed to seek health care for whatever issues they might have, whether it is trans related or not.