So, clearly, the Coast Guard must take additional steps to ensure that service members who blow the whistle are protected from this kind of retaliation.

I would like to thank Lieutenant Commander Young-McLear for her service to our Nation and her bravery in speaking out and being here with us today.

So, there is a pattern of reporting about race-based cases and there is a separate pattern of reporting of retaliation against whistleblowing. Is that correcting?

His refusal to appear here today casts doubt on how seriously the Coast Guard is taking the disturbing findings of the Inspector General and of this committee.

So, this is not just in a matter limited to Lieutenant Commander Young-McLear's experience. This seems to be something of a pattern and that there are other examples of retaliation going on in the Coast Guard?

So, the market has decided that women and people who give birth deserve less time with their children than a dog.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And, once again, congratulations on this phenomenal hearing on such an important topic.

So, the markets decide.

So, no, you don't believe in a minimum wage.

Leave-taking is important to me, and here's the way that it allowed me not just to bond with my child but also to support my partner.

So, the answer is no.

I thank Congresswoman Tlaib for hosting this Special Order hour on housing and our chair for presiding during this very critical conversation. We are here today to talk about one of the most core, important issues facing the American…