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Jackie Speier

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Jackie Speier is a former U.S. Representative from California, serving in the House of Representatives from January 3, 2008, until January 15, 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented California's 14th congressional district. Speier is known for her advocacy on issues such as women's rights, healthcare, and gun control. She gained national attention for her work on the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights and her efforts to address military sexual assault. Speier's political career began in the California State Assembly, where she served from 2002 to 2006 before moving to the U.S. Congress.

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Feb 11, 2018

On the Republican one, you know, the FBI and the Department of Justice both said they had grave concerns that this was reckless action to make this memo public and release what is and in fact classified information.

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Feb 11, 2018

I think what they're going to do is just have everyone continue to have access and have temporary security clearances.

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Feb 11, 2018

I was furious by that tweet, Anderson, and I think that virtually anyone men or women who sees the testimony and the photographs of the former wives and the former live-in girlfriend of Mr. Porter, there is a pattern of behavior here that…

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Feb 6, 2018

the DOD IG does disclose substantiated cases, but to my knowledge, there isn't any means by which each of your services would disclose to Congress, for instance, substantiated cases.

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Feb 6, 2018

One of the problems is getting people to report and having trust in the system.

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Feb 6, 2018

Well, there was a second--there was second woman who then came forward, so there is----

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Feb 6, 2018

I am stunned that there weren't any bystanders that spoke up.

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Feb 6, 2018

I think we do have a problem with different spanks for different ranks.

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Feb 6, 2018

I think we need to be sensitive to the time it takes for these cases.

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Feb 6, 2018

one of the core tenets of the armed services and of our country is that no one is above the law.

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Feb 6, 2018

When 400 service members are implicated in the Fat Leonard scandal, when over 60 admirals are potentially implicated, we have an obligation to look at the process.

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Feb 6, 2018

But I am totally confused then. It says that zero of these, out of 312 cases, 311 of them were dismissed.

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