Jackie Speier

Different spanks for different ranks.

One of the core tenets of the armed services and of our country is that no one is above the law.

I was stunned by it, to be quite honest. I mean, we have a Napoleon in the making here.

Without a doubt. That's what the intention will be.

I would be surprised if we see our memo released in a manner that's going to be helpful to the American public.

The fact that the president --

And I think it will be a very sound proposal that will pass the House and move to the Senate and hopefully be passed there.

I do expect that we'll get a vote. In fact, it's a bipartisan measure.

This has been a bipartisan effort now over the last two months and I'm happy to say from the speaker on down, there has been a coming together of both Democrats and Republicans to reform this system.

Well, not only are they close to finding out what's going on, they're close to having a system in place that they can have confidence in.

In fact, there are two members of Congress, Republican and Democrat, right now, who serve, who have been subject to review or not have been subject to review, but have engaged in sexual harassment.

We're very concerned about that. These interviews have stepped up in their pace, two or three on the same day.

I believe that the FBI acting director was, in fact, very forthcoming, willing to answer virtually all of our questions with the exception of a couple and I think that his testimony is very helpful to the investigation.

The American people trust that we make sure the rule of law stands the test of time.

This is a concerted effort to undermine the Mueller investigation. Make no mistake about it.

It's a grave concern to me and I think to many of my colleagues that this is the kind of action that could be undertaken by the president and we want to put him on notice that it is something that we will not tolerate.

I believe that the president wants all of this shut down. He wants to shut down these investigations and he wants to fire special counsel Mueller.

It has been said a couple of times and I just want to underscore the importance of having the plaintiffs' bar appear before the committee.

We want to make sure that the victims are put first and foremost here, that we provide an advocate for them.

As Members of Congress we must hold ourselves to a higher standard, a standard that demonstrates that we are worthy of the trust placed in us by the public.

We have got to make sure that the victims have the opportunity to stay here and work.

Shame on us for not having addressed this sooner.

I think we are at a watershed moment, as you said, Mr. Chairman.

The House took an important step forward last week in updating its policies and procedures by passing H. Res. 630.

There is no place for sexual harassment in our society, especially in Congress, period.