Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., discusses his Senate resolution to condemn anti-Semitic rhetoric in Congress that he says is contributing to attacks on Jewish Americans.
Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Josh Hawley, in an interesting alliance as members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced legislation Tuesday to improve the military’s response to sexual assault.
The lawmakers – Gillibrand a vociferous Donald Trump opponent from New York, and Hawley a staunch Trump ally from Missouri – brought forth the Professionalizing the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Act, along with Sens. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D.; Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.
The bill seeks to improve training and resources for the military’s sexual assault response coordinators after a Fort Hood Independent Review found that many members of the coordination team lack the training to help victims of assault. It tasks the Department of Defense with evaluating options to establish Sexual Assault Response Coordinator military operational specialty (MOS) and reporting its findings to Congress.