Kirsten Gillibrand

We, in the last NDAA, asked for a study, particularly about hazing.

There is often a stigma associated with seeking mental health services.

We are obviously still seeing a very high number of suicides by our servicemembers from those both returning from war and those who have never been deployed.

The subcommittee's work has greatly enhanced care and support for our wounded warriors and significantly improved military pay.

We want to ensure family support programs are authorized, funded, and implemented at the level needed to maintain the readiness of servicemembers and their families.

I would like you to make sure when you say everything is on the table that you really mean it.

I am extremely grateful to all of you.

There is a reason why people are not reporting.

Honestly, I think if you are going to stick to that line, you will undermine your credibility enormously because you are not getting it done.

Men and women join our ranks to serve our country, and they join our ranks because they want to protect this country.

When this review of data is complete, can we then ensure that there will be permanent ABA coverage under TRICARE?

One of the things that we discussed in the hearing was that when reporting is made, it is made throughout the chain of command, and the disposition authority sits within the chain of command, and that that may, in fact, undermine reporting.

I do believe that the chain of command is a worthwhile organization.

I do not believe 2,400 sexual assaults and rapes every year is good order and discipline.

So what the families have told us is that they were literally doing second mortgages on their homes or going through bankruptcy because to be able to afford all the therapies their doctor prescribed for their children.

I am pleased today to speak in support of the nomination of Gina McCarthy to serve as our next Administrator of the EPA.

These types of common sense policies are exactly the right priorities for the EPA.

President Obama has made an excellent selection by putting this nomination forward to the Senate.

To be effective, a regulatory body must be independent from economic, policy and political interests. Its decision must not be subject to undue influence that can compromise safety.

I think there is no problem the military cannot solve if it puts its mind to it.

Every victim that has come in front of this committee and every story we have heard over the weeks and months shows that we have not even begun to address this problem.

I think we have to redouble our efforts to make sure that victims are willing to come forward and are willing to trust the military justice system.

If you are the victim in that case, to have gone through 8 months of testimony, of providing evidence, I can assure you she does not believe justice was done.

I want to talk with each of you about this real challenge of under-reporting.

We cannot find the right solution.