I love when that kind of claim is made by someone who didn't serve. Because I have served, and I know that that kind of claim is ridiculous.

So the first scan actually did detect the error. It just wasn't--you weren't informed, and you weren't referred.

Thank you, Chairwoman Speier, and to the members of the subcommittee for the opportunity to speak today.

There is no justification for this Court to read exemptions into the act beyond those provided by Congress. If the act is to be altered, then it is a function for the same body that adopted it.

It is, frankly, an embarrassment.

We need the ERA so that we can achieve our full economic and social potential.

This includes standardizing patient experience, improving quality of care, and increasing access to care--reforms that are essential to fixing the types of issues highlighted by your cases.

But it appears that these facilities are providing services, first and foremost, to the spouses and the dependents.

I worry that there aren't enough sophisticated medical professionals with gynecological training in the military.

When our service members suffer from medical malpractice, when doctors fail to perform or woefully misread tests, when nurses botch routine procedures, when clinicians ignore and disregard pain, service members deserve their day in court.

Is it the right kind of a policy to, you know, have their doctors, the ones who are fighting and dying, you know, not concerned about a lawsuit but every other doctor, to include the ones that do work on each of the Members here--you know…

I thank the witnesses for their participation including my colleagues, the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Speier, and the gentlewoman from New York, Ms. Maloney, who have both been champions for the ERA.