Julia Brownley

I just want to say to the women veterans who have testified here today, you have all made yourself very visible, and we thank you for your service.

Just the concern I have is if there are different entities that you are working with and we ultimately want that to be compatible with our health records, if that is changing constantly, the health record to be interoperable between DoD…

I am very serious about following up with how we can break these barriers down to be able to do what we need to do within the VA, but to open up this sort of treasure chest that we have to the private industry.

Due to the incredible impact precision medicine could have on veterans' health care, I am thankful for each of our witnesses' willingness to join us in today's discussion.

Yesterday was Women Veterans Day in my home State of California, also home to 145,000 women veterans. Seventy-one years ago, President Truman signed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948. This law recognized women's enduring…

The premise has been made clear that this is a critically important program, that is why we have expanded it.

We made a promise, now let's keep it.

our intention and motivation was to expand this program to every single veteran in our country and their families who is deserving of it and meets the qualifications.

Your dedication to the prevention of suicide among not only veterans but also our service members is evidenced by your willingness to host this joint hearing among our subcommittees.

I wanted to first, Dr. Franklin, ask you, in terms of the VA's efforts, beyond letters, you know, what other initiatives are we taking to ensure that our veteran community are aware of the change in eligibility regarding other than…

Over the weekend, there was yet another tragedy suicide on the campus of one of our VA facilities.

I still just continue to be concerned around the environment. And I just think there is a lot more...

Throughout my career in public service, I have supported Buy America and Buy America laws.

Most troubling is the widespread incidence of sexual violence in the ranks, an epidemic that disproportionately affects women.

I think this is, you know, a veteran women's me-too moment and I think we have to really make it into a movement.

H.R. 840, the Veterans Access to Child Care Act, introduced by Congresswoman Brownley, is enacted into law.

Despite centuries of honorable service, the women who serve our country are still treated as second class servicemembers and veterans.

If we are to change the outcomes that women veterans are experiencing today and increase their access to health care, we must look to the roots of the problems and not just triage the results.

Women veterans need to have greater access to positions of leadership at the VA.

Climate change is an existential threat that requires the entire international community to solve. The Paris Agreement was a monumental achievement, rightly praised across the world and in Congress. The President's impulsive decision to…

Today is a historic day in this Committee, as it marks the first time in recent memory that this Committee has held a hearing singularly focused on serving our Nation's 2 million living women veterans.

Accessing the VA needs to be easier. We want an opt-out rather than opt-in process, not just for women, for all veterans.

Changing the motto won't by itself address the deep cultural divide that exists between women and the veteran community, but it is a step in the direction toward inclusion.

I think today's meeting is just a terrific start for all of the issues that we need to continue to drill down on until we really do determine solutions.

I think what we have learned today has been extensive, and I think the conclusion is that women continue to face sexism and discrimination and inequities in the system, in a system that was originally built for men.