Mazie Hirono actually said...

"It seems to me would this not point to the desirability of removing these kinds of decisions from the chain of command so that they would not feel political pressure to prosecute weak cases?"

"Perhaps this kind of an ultimate authority to overturn a decision should not rest in one person's hands who may not even have any kind of legal training."

"Do you know whether all of this focus to change the culture, to provide the kind of support, education, whether that is working?"

"I think that this is a situation, another situation, where the actual underlying law and the authority probably needs to be addressed."