Kelly Ayotte: “I rise today to talk about a very important issue I spoke about on the floor yesterday; that is, eliminating sexual…”

“I rise today to talk about a very important issue I spoke about on the floor yesterday; that is, eliminating sexual assaults in our military, making sure victims are supported, that they get the support they need. Yesterday on the floor I talked about important reforms we are doing together on a bipartisan basis to make sure victims receive special victims' counsel, so each victim is now going to receive an attorney who represents him or her in the system, and stands up for their rights. We make retaliation a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice so that victims of sexual assault understand if they are retaliated against, there will be a crime for that. In fact, those who retaliate will be brought to justice. There are many other dozens of reforms that are in the Defense authorization, but today I want to talk about a very important issue. I see on the floor Senator McCaskill. I want to commend her for her leadership on this issue. She has been a tremendous leader.…”