Jackie Speier

Well, democracy is costly. I don't think we can use the argument that it is costly.

Are we spending more with the budgets for fraud detection and the IG than we are generating in restitution or repayments?

A 1 percent fraud rate is just remarkable, and I am very impressed by what you are doing.

I want to compliment the Chair of this Committee in recognizing the important function we have to look at government programs and evaluate the fraud.

I rise this morning to say to Rush Limbaugh, ``Shame on you.'' Shame on you for being the hatemonger that you are. Shame on you for being misogynistic. Shame on you for calling the women of this country sluts and prostitutes, because…

I rise again today to highlight the epidemic of rape and sexual assault in the military. This issue was recently brought up on Fox News by a commentator who ignorantly declared that women who join the military should expect to be raped…

The fact that you agree with me but yet much of this conduct continues is deeply troubling.

I, for one, wholeheartedly agree with their recommendations.

You shouldn't stonewall. When a FOIA request is made, you should comply with it within the deadlines.

We have seen bills before Congress stopped in their tracks by the power of social media.

The explosion in the use of social media has changed communication as we know it.

I would like to associate my comments with yours. I think that they were outstanding and really place a good frame on the discussion we are going to have today.

Today I rise quite saddened by the news that the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure has made a political decision--a fine nonprofit that I have been associated with for years. I've run in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. I've walked in…

I think we can stipulate for the record that this hideous chapter in the Attorney General's Office dating back to 2006 is one that we never want to see repeated.

I thank my friend from the Northern Mariana Islands for yielding. I rise today in support of this legislation, the Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act, which will allow the Department of the Interior to study the role of…

I rise again today to highlight the epidemic of rape and sexual assault in the military. This is the 14th time that I will stand on this floor to tell the story of yet another victim. Each has proudly served their country, each was…

I thank the gentleman from Washington State for yielding me time. Fifteen months ago, in my district, a gas pipeline exploded and killed eight of my constituents. Thirty-eight homes were destroyed, many more were severely damaged, and many…

I thank the gentlelady from Massachusetts for yielding me the time. I would just like to say to the gentleman from California and to my colleagues on the Armed Services Committee, I am very grateful that this language is in the motion to…

What I would say to the gentleman from California is this: that the Congress of the United States has, for almost a quarter of a century now, been looking at this issue. We have not done a good job---- Mr. McKEON. Reclaiming my time, as…

I did not say that the military was corrupt. What I did say was that the way---- Mr. McKEON. Reclaiming my time, you did charge them with some very serious issues and besmirch the character of the military.

One of them had 6 months of reduction in pay; one of them got demoted, one of them did not; but neither of them served any time for having admitted that they had raped her. They got what was called nonjudicial punishment. What a joke that…

I thank Ms. Tsongas and the ranking member, Mr. Smith, for bringing this motion. Thank you, Madam Speaker, for the opportunity to say a few words here. This is a cancer that is eating up our military. For 25 years, we have debated and…

I rise again today for the 13th time to talk about a stain on the American people, a stain on the American Government. I'm talking about military assault and rape. I'm talking about the 19,000 soldiers each year who are victims of sexual…

We know that former al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader, Anwar al-Awlaki, was known to some as the bin Laden of the internet.

Knowing the power of social media and its reach, it is quite natural that terrorists groups themselves would try to use social media to their advantage.