I would really like to hear from you as to when you intend to or if you intend to talk with our allies as to what their experience is in moving in the direction that some of these bills move in.

Servicemembers are protected under law and DOD policy from retaliatory personnel actions based on protected communications.

DOD has been trying to work on the issue of sexual assault for a significant period of time.

So these surveys are institutionalized in the Army. What about the other Services?

I have submitted several Senate bills in my testimony.

I would very much appreciate a response from all of our Services as to when they intend to talk with our allies, if they intend to, and with specifically regarding the removal of the chain of command on some of these decisions.

If the report goes to someone who then reports to the chain of command, the chain of command must now consider it an unrestricted report.

In the age of Steubenville, it is also not safe to be a woman at the Service Academies.

I would suggest, and following up on some of my other colleagues' line of questioning, that I would like to know who does the survey?

In a culture that is so deeply rooted in sexist traditions, in which sexual assault of men occurs even more often than sexual assault of women...

We know that the military justice system has not worked effectively for you.

We need to think well outside the box to find transformative solutions.