"I do invite all my colleagues here today to support the PPA when I reintroduce it this Congress."
"This week, the U.S. sadly surpassed 500,000 COVID-19 deaths."
"I think it is especially poignant that Rule 707 of the courts-martial manual reads that 'the results of a polygraph examination... are not admissible.'"
"there must be an understanding that our military leaders will take care of our heroes under their command."
"We owe them the truth and the honesty. We owe them the responsibility to take corrective action."
"one thing we learned after the horrendous disappearance and death of Sergeant Elder Fernandes was that Fort Hood lacked consistent and speedy processes to report missing individuals and to share criti..."
"we have so much more work to do."
"it is unconscionable that a young man or a young woman with the courage to serve our Nation in uniform could be subject to such dehumanizing behavior."
"the most dangerous military installation in the United States"
"the base, once nicknamed, quote, 'great place,' unquote, because of the quality of life it offered to its soldiers, has been transformed into, quote, 'the place where careers go to die,' unquote"
"business as usual, causing female soldiers, particularly in the combat brigades, to slip into survival mode, vulnerable and preyed upon, but fearful to report and be ostracized and revictimized"