Julia Brownley

Everybody deserves clean water.

It is unacceptable and we are failing and need to do something about it.

VA must address current struggles, from implicit bias in medical providers and front-line staff, to incomplete and missing data.

I appreciate everyone being here and I look forward to continuing this conversation.

During National Gun Violence Survivors' Week, I stand before you to call attention to the tragic impact of gun violence on our Nation. On November 7, 2018, Ventura County was forever altered by the Borderline shooting, which took the lives…

Together, in November, we passed the Deborah Sampson Act, which will transfer VA resources for women veterans.

the 25 percent rate of women veteran patients who have experienced sexual harassment at VA medical centers that VA publicly reports, as mentioned by Representative Brownley, that is an average.

Sexual violence in the military impacts both men and women.

I think we need to clear that up, because there are very few, based on all of the visits that I have done across the country and hearing from women veterans here in D.C. and across the country, there are very few MST coordinators that are…

We have heard consistently that military sexual trauma represents the single most destructive problem within the military and veteran community.

To me--and I know, I have brought this up many, many times, but I know at medical centers, the leaders of medical centers have a lot of autonomy, but we have got to figure out accountability here, because we are not really fulfilling what…

As the chair of the Women's Veterans Task Force, I see, every single day, the immense sacrifice our women veterans and all of our Nation's veterans have made in service to our country, in service to our Commander in Chief, our…

His name was Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez. He was 16. He was sick with the flu, so sick with the flu that he passed out. He was being detained by U.S. Border Patrol. He laid on the floor of his cell for hours without a single person…

I want to thank all of you for being here today because your presence is helping us to get to the truth, and it is only the truth that is going to save future lives.

I have to say I am disappointed to read about it in the media instead of hearing directly from the FAA.

This past week I had the privilege to join Speaker Pelosi and several of my colleagues at the 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Madrid, commonly known as COP25. Our visit sent a message: No matter what the…

The Federal Government is the Nation's largest purchaser of electricity, yet it buys renewable energy at a rate that is far less than the rest of the country. With a climate crisis threatening our planet and our way of life, this is not…

I thank the chairman for bringing my bill, the Deborah Sampson Act, to the floor. And I thank the ranking member for his support as well. In 1782, Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man so she could serve in the Revolutionary War to…

To not restore these benefits because someone else abused their responsibilities, in my opinion, is truly inexcusable and it must stop.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and the Subcommittee for considering my legislation, the Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act, to ensure that every veteran who has served our country so bravely receive the benefits they have earned and…

In my district, the City of Oxnard has got a grant from the State of California to plant a lot of fruit trees in an area that really in parts of the city of Oxnard is disproportionately affected by pollution.

Providing housing to our Nation's homeless veterans is an essential first step and critical to everything in a veteran's life, including getting the healthcare they have earned, taking advantage of veteran education benefits, getting a…

I thank the chairman for yielding this afternoon, and I thank the ranking member of the committee for his support of a very, very important bill for our veterans, the Homeless Veteran Families Act. As a member of the Veterans' Affairs…

Recently, it was reported that a seventh person has died from a vaping-related illness in the United States. In response, the CDC recently announced that it has activated its emergency operations center to investigate what is quickly…

Today is a small but vital step toward progressing the quality of life for Women Veterans across the country.