I am Vanessa Guillén Act reintroduced: ‘We must save those who are saving our lives’
The bill would take cases of sexual assault outside the military chain of command over a year after Guillén, a Houston native, went missing from Fort Hood.
Mayra Guillen, second from left, and Lupe Guillen, second from right, sisters of 20-year-old murder victim U.S. Army Private First Class Vanessa Guillen, speak outside on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021, during an event to reintroduction the "I am Vanessa Guillen Act." Also participating in the event are Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right.(Susan Walsh)