Susan Davis

I am interested in where the Department and the Services are in implementing these recommendations.

I wonder if you could talk more about how we are evaluating them.

Do you have a sense of a timeline, because we have been with this for a while?

Sadly these numbers continue to grow.

While Congress has pushed forward a number of initiatives to support the Services and the Department of Defense in their efforts to develop policies and programs to reduce and prevent suicides in the force, sadly these numbers continue to…

It is important that we share what we learn in the military and what is learned by others if our country is to be successful in addressing this societal issue.

I am pleased that the subcommittee is continuing its attention on suicides in the military.

It is time to debate the budget again, but despite the differences in this Chamber, we could come together and choose to invest in our middle class. We could compromise and responsibly reduce spending while protecting the most vulnerable…

There seems to be a lot of consternation, especially among our allies out in the European theaters, that somehow we are going to slip away from this very critical alliance.

We must find common ground and be willing to compromise for the long-term stability of our Nation.

The significant effects are just now slowly being seen in Federal programs across the country.

The Budget Control Act has already had an impact on the Services, particularly the Army and the Marine Corps.

Unfortunately, the only people who have the ability to resolve this issue is Congress.

At last, at last. Madam Speaker, like Americans all across the country, I'm glad this Chamber has finally put the Senate Violence Against Women Act to the floor for a vote. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation and to oppose the…

I wanted to just mention, along with Mr. Polis, we have authored the STELLAR Act.

We must find common ground and be willing to compromise for the future benefit of our country.

The only people, quite honestly, who can resolve this issue are the Members of Congress.

Political posturing should not come at the expense of our brave men and women in uniform and their families.

Thank you for holding this hearing for the impact of the Budget Control Act and the impact that it is having on the force structure and end service strength of the services.

I think it will help us meet the needs of our vets because you are right, they are unique.

I think this may have--if we begin to withdraw or decide not to go ahead with this, could have lasting effects between our ally Japan and ourselves.

I guess my question would be, why not? Why something like that?

I have been reluctant to take this out of the chain of command.

I think that the generals--I think that they knew and I, you know, have great respect, but I think we were talking about whistleblower MTIs.

I think we are doing a better job training prosecutors. And we have had an opportunity to hear some of that evolution of the way that we do that.