So vast minority. It is 98 percent of those that are coming forward are telling the truth?

My concern is, one of the issues that we are dealing with is this fear of retaliation.

Why did the Academies push back against the active force measurement? Why is the unwanted sexual contact measure preferable?

So that would suggest to us that there is not the confidence in the academy leadership that their safety will be ensured if only half or less than half have confidence in it.

I want to see uniformity of benefits for the victims.

I am putting the academies on notice. We are putting all of you in the situation where it is time for us to recognize that this is a crisis, and I intend to watch it like a hawk.

One case of sexual assault that is not reported because of systemic problems is unacceptable.

Welcome, everyone. We are somewhat late in starting this hearing because all the women of the House and Senate take a picture every year to draw attention to women's heart health, and that is why we are all dressed in red today.

What I think is important for us to point to, and it is true in each of the academies, it is probably most true at the Air Force Academy, is that women who have not come forward to report do not have a high confidence that they will be…

This report is a scathing indictment of the academies' culture. We need to expand our toolbox and use both carrots and sticks to hold perpetrators accountable.

When the women and the men do not feel that they can come forward and report without them suffering more consequences than their perpetrator suffers, they won't come forward.

Victims report at their own peril. That is the message that is being sent, because they are more likely to face consequences than their perpetrators.