The message has to change. I mean, I think part of what we need to train everyone is that most of those who file reports are telling the truth.

Thank you for your bravery in coming forward and speaking so candidly about something so painful, and so very wrong.

Let me just tell you how extraordinary you all are and how grateful we are that you are here to testify.

Even one sexual assault against these patriotic young individuals is too many, and we all know that the numbers of assault are far more than that.

We are very sensitive to cases of collateral misconduct because we know that is an impediment to reporting and an impediment to coming forward for--to support the investigation.

We cannot tolerate this lack of accountability in our country's most prestigious military institutions.

Simply put, this is disgusting.

Mr. Chairman, I am going to hold my questions till the end and allow my colleagues to my left to ask theirs.

As post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury began to emerge as prominent injuries from the conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq, and stories of service members facing difficulty in obtaining appropriate care became more…

My colleague had to leave, but Congresswoman Shea-Porter is from New Hampshire where the opioid crisis has been particularly severe.

It sounds like we could do a better job at that than we are.

I am concerned about the relationship between TBI and CTE [chronic traumatic encephalopathy].