Political Quotes

“I rise today to talk about an amendment I plan to introduce to the National Defense Authorization Act next week. This is an amendment known as the bipartisan Military Justice Improvement Act. I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their leadership in this effort. As we have said from the beginning, this is not a Democrat nor a Republican idea. It is good, plain old common sense. It is the right idea necessary to protect the men and women who fight for our country and our values in uniform every single day. So I thank the broad coalition of supporters for their leadership--former generals and commanders, veterans, advocates--who are making their voices heard so that they know these horrible crimes aren't going to happen to someone else; that the justice system we build is one of which they are deserving. They are urging Congress to use its responsibility of oversight and accountability, to use their role head-on, by finally creating an independent military justice system which gives survivors of these horrific acts of violence a fair shot at justice--a system free of inherent bias and conflicts of interest that currently exists within the chain of command, that will enable survivors to come forward and to hold their perpetrators accountable.…”