Brenda Lawrence

The concern I have in having lived through the deployment when we brought in the LLV vehicles, there was this massive movement of old vehicles moving from one station to another.

It is disturbing to me that the access to secure areas, this number is too high.

I just want to say that I'm glad to hear that you are conducting the audit of that process.

The congressional EMP Commission issued a report in 2008 identifying 16 segments of our infrastructure that could suffer severe damage if not protected.

You do know if there is an environment where you feel you are not going to be heard and there are consequences, filing of the formal complaints does not negate your responsibility for a work environment, you know that?

You failed these 17 women over the course of the years and you cannot divorce yourself from it because it was a supervisor.

In this training, is it stressed upon you that your obligation is to address any complaint of alleged sexual harassment or a hostile work environment?

I find it unacceptable and hard to understand how we are paying people without having an H.R. system that validates who we are paying.

I just look forward to joining with you to address this issue.

Over 250 credit unions have their headquarters in my state of Michigan, and more than 4.5 Michiganders have membership in these credit unions.

It is also critical that we maintain a robust domestic uranium industry which is particularly important to the States of Wyoming and Utah where the bulk of our uranium is mined.

However, the agency must be careful that all of its uranium transactions are carried out in accordance with the law.

It is important that the Department of Energy will be able to sell and swap uranium in order to support objectives of the agency.

As you consider national security provisions that focus on cyber warfare, I respectfully ask that you consider the great State of Michigan and its ability to support our national cyber missions.

Cybersecurity is also a gender-neutral occupation, allowing both men and women to serve our country and protect our Nation as equals.

Projections show that a cyber operation squadron at Battle Creek, Michigan, would save $2.2 million, compared to a location without such capabilities.

I would like to express my strong support for the 110th Attack Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard in Battle Creek, Michigan, to host a cyber squadron.

We must do more to prevent enemies from using our cyber vulnerabilities against us.

Warfare is changing. We are in a time of fighting on multiple fronts using weapons we cannot have even imagined during the Vietnam era.

These values in the Secret Service which is worthy of trust and confidence.

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

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

I hope that these important aspects of the NDAA are fully funded and monitored by this subcommittee and by the House Armed Services Committee.

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.

Mr. Chairman, before I yield my time, I just want to make sure that we understand that comprehensive immigration reform is needed.