Gillibrand-Ernst bipartisan military sexual assault bill is being intro'd in US House today by Reps Speier (D-CA) & Turner (R-OH).Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement & Increasing Prevention Act moves decision to prosecute serious crimes in military from chain of command.
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1407688429870235653
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA),chair of House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcmte:"We're here today for the servicemembers who have spoken out or who have suffered in silence because the message & culture in the military has been clear:shut up, suck it up,& don't rock the boat." 
Speaker Pelosi on the Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act: "We will bring this bill to the floor. It will pass in the House. I hope that it will succeed in the Senate as well."
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcmte. Ranking Member in introducing the bipartisan sexual assault in the military bill in the House: "When we have a system that fails victims, everyone is failed because everyone is a potential victim."
Senator Gillibrand (D-NY),Senate co-sponsor of Military Justice Improvement & Increasing Prevention Act:"Despite 10 years of effort to change the law w/almost 250 different laws changed to improve how we deal w/sexual assault in the military,that scourge continues to get worse."
SASC Personnel chair Gillibrand:"We've had every Sec of Defense since Dick Cheney saying we got this man,we got this.We have zero tolerance for sexual assault. Today's 1st time we have a Sec who agrees sexual assault should be taken out of the chain of command.That's a big deal."
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on sexual assault in the military at today's House Armed Services Cmte hearing.
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1407714777741266945
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
