Debbie Dingell: “I have read this bill. I may be one of the few on the floor who has. But as a long-serving Member of this body, as a…”

“I have read this bill. I may be one of the few on the floor who has. But as a long-serving Member of this body, as a private who finished World War II as a second lieutenant, I sat on boards, courts martial, served as military prosecutor, and also as defense. I find in the legislation no word of anybody other than Members of the armed services. I find no mention of discussion of members of the CIA, of members of the civilian leadership, of the Defense Department or other government agencies. I find nothing about civilian contractors. My question to the chairman, are we going to go into that behavior, or are we just going to sack a bunch of poor infantrymen up to the rank of sergeant or something like that and say you are going to jail, when in fact this was policy which originated much higher?”