Jackie Speier

Social media is the No. 1 activity on the world wide web, we know that, accounting for over 22 percent of all time spent on-line in the United States.

I would also like to thank the witnesses for being here today and look forward to gaining some insights from you on how terrorists use our social media.

I thank the author of this resolution for giving us all the opportunity to recognize Gabe Zimmerman and to honor his memory and to extend to his family, Ross Zimmerman, Emily Nottingham and Ben Zimmerman, our gratitude for giving their son…

It is problematic in Nigeria because once you run up against vested interests, those kinds of investigations are often blocked politically.

I don't think we pay enough attention to Africa as a hotbed of concern that we should.

I rise again today to draw attention to the epidemic in our military of rape and sexual assault. Nineteen thousand women and men each year are raped or sexually assaulted in the military. Shockingly, almost one-third of female veterans of…

Would you, upon reviewing that, provide this information to the committee so that we can assess your performance based on that kind of information?

I think the fact that 80 percent of the borrowers have not been notified is an F.

I rise again today with a heavy heart to talk about sexual assault and rape in the military, an epidemic in this country that must be addressed. As I've said before, the Department of Defense, by its own statistics, has stated that 19,000…

One of my biggest concerns about the hearings that we have here is that we show great outrage, the hearing is over, and business as usual.

I thank my colleague, and thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Al Green) for hosting this Special Order on domestic violence, and I thank Congressman Poe for his participation as well. Imagine you were beaten at the hands of your boyfriend…

I want to underscore the fact that many of you, in further questioning, recognized that immediate military action is not what we should be looking at.

I have had Bolivian lawmakers tell me that there is uranium on these flights going to Iran.

I would also like to commend President Obama on yet another major National security victory for helping to assembling the coalition that supported the Libyans in deposing this dictator.

I would like to congratulate the people of Libya for ending the reign of Muammar Gaddafi last week.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I find it actually somewhat humorous to think that the argument on the other side of the aisle is that this is dilatory when, in fact, the entire bill is dilatory when you look at what is really facing…

I thank the gentlelady from Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I think this bill goes to the farthest extreme in trying to take women down not just a peg but take them in shackles to some cave somewhere. Twenty-five years ago, this body passed…

Send that Volt to California. It doesn't have to stay on your lot, because there is a waiting list in my district at my Chevrolet dealership of 6 months to get a Chevy Volt.

Today I rise, once again, to talk about the epidemic of rape in the military. This is the ninth time that I have stood on the floor of this House to speak about the unspeakable. Each of these military members have served proudly for their…

I would argue that they are better served by this agreement than by the agreement that we are operating under.

I would like to associate myself with the comments you made about the successful efforts by the President, the military, and the CIA in actually putting al-Awlaki to his final demise.

We are reminded by events over the past week with the sobering news of a credible threat surrounding the 9/11 10th anniversary that these events of special significance also face threats from actors and actions of terror.

We now face a diverse array of threats from terrorist groups, lone wolves, deranged individuals, and others we may not even know about.

Two quick questions.

The Secret Service has done an excellent job in keeping our candidates safe in past elections, it has had trouble managing its budget.