Jackie Speier

I thank the ranking member for yielding. I voted for this bill in committee because we have brave servicemembers in harm's way that depend on it. But I want to make clear that I don't believe we have done our job to address the unbridled…

Despite all of these additions, the committee was unfortunately unable to find the required offsets to fund an extension to the Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance to ensure it does not expire in May 2018. This falls short of my strong…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his outstanding leadership and candor on our committee. I want to give a special shout-out to our chairman, Mr. Thornberry, who shaved an hour and a half off our deliberations a couple of weeks…

I, too, want to join with all of my colleagues in recognizing the heroism of David Bailey and Crystal Griner, wishing them a speedy recovery, and that they take time to recover emotionally as well. I also want to extend a love note to the…

These disparities have not improved, and in some cases have increased, in recent years.

We must foster an environment at the service academies in which students who have been sexually assaulted or harassed feel like they can come forward without fear of retaliation.

The American people have a right to know whether Department of Defense money--taxpayer money--is ending up in the President's personal wallet.

Exposure to blast overpressure is the leading cause of mild traumatic brain injury for military personnel.

For more than 7 years, I have spoken out against the broken military justice system that allows commanders to decide how sexual assaults and other criminal offenses are prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Our…

It troubles me that here our democracy is at risks and we're allowing the president and his sidekick, Mr. Nunes, to try and distract once again.

If the intention here is for Devin Nunes to actually sabotage the committee investigation, he is on his way to doing that.

This was done, I think, purely to entertain the president and to show that once, again, Mr. Nunes was listening for his cues from the president.

He acted arbitrarily and unilaterally and did not even consult with the ranking member, Adam Schiff.

That's what recusal means. It means that you are no longer associated with anything to do with the Russia investigation.

He is not a man of his word, that he hasn't really recused himself.

In all likelihood, there will be subpoenas issued which he will be compelled to respond to.

I am prepared to close, and, in so doing, I also want to make the point that our commitment to making sure that our armed services have the cohesion and readiness to serve requires us to take action on this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield back…

Four years ago, I stood on the House floor and condemned the online bullying of U.S. Marine Corps servicewomen on Facebook. These web pages contained obscene and abusive pictures, and implied that women only advanced professionally by…

I come to the House floor for the second year in a row to read the book ``I Am Jazz,'' a children's book about transgender youth cowritten by Jazz Jennings, pictured here, and Jessica Herthel. After an LGBT hate group forced a school to…

If you have a high attrition rate, then the costs of retraining are significant.

I couldn't help but sit there thinking: How much is this costing us?

And so we need to look at why.

This is all really helpful. It is interesting that the Marines have 5,300 in recruiting and yet 182,000 in the Marine Corps; Air Force has half as many recruiting and has 317,000.

So, in politics today, you know, the cost of advertising is very high, whether it is print or TV.

I am trying to get handle on the 2017 NDAA.