Mazie Hirono actually said...

"Let us just tell perpetrators: 'don't rape.' Okay. So you get all the perpetrators in a room and tell them 'don't rape,' but you are still going to allow them to serve?"

"I believe that there is enough on the commander's plate, and the fact that there is just entirely too many conflicts of interest..."

"If I don't have to deal with sexual assault and I can continue going on with what my mission is, to make the unit ready... they would like to do that."

"So while there have been some improvements, then given the severity of the problem, more can be done?"