Brenda Lawrence actually said...

"The 2013 goals for awarding contracts to Service disabled veteran owned businesses has surpassed the three percent statutory goal."

"Let us demonstrate with our words and our dollars that the funding for equality should happen at home just as it does abroad."

"To promote gender quality, we have to ensure that our military training reflects the true nature of combat rather than outdated notions of what it means to be a good soldier."

"We must lead in demonstrating that gender equality is not limited to private industry in foreign countries, but in our military too."