"I appreciate everyone being here and I look forward to continuing this conversation."
"It is unacceptable and we are failing and need to do something about it."
"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, bec..."
"We have heard consistently that military sexual trauma represents the single most destructive problem within the military and veteran community."
"Sexual violence in the military impacts both men and women."
"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."
"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 ..."
"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."
"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 po..."