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?"

"We must move in the right direction. Some of the suggestions that you made were, I think, steps that we should consider seriously."

"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."