Vigorously prosecute offenders and hold commanders accountable for establishing zero tolerance policies. Policies. Mr. President , to say that general caseys response was disappointing, would be an understatement. I am convinced that if the military had heeded the concerns that i and others like senator mikulski raised back then, a decade ago, this terrible problem would have been addressed much sooner, saving many individuals from the trauma, the pain and the injustice that they endured. Back then, sadly, the attitude of the high ranking officials who were testifying at that 2004 hearing was dismissive even though these crimes never should have occurred in the first place, traumatized the survivors and erodes the trust and discipline that are fundamental to every military unit. Thankfully, the attitude i perceive among military officers today is markedly different from the one that i encountered nine years ago. The work of translating the military stated policy of zero tolerance into
Military. I found it to be pretty easy to mr. President , i first raised my get on. Concern over the militarys my wife is a school teacher. We figured out we can save about inadequate response to the growing crisis of Sexual Assault 800 a month by going off her nearly ten years ago. Coverage from her schoolteacher i remember it well. Plan. This care it was a hearing before the Senate Armed Services committee i had to look at it five times. In 2004 at which i expressed my then i called up the people on the phone, on the policy. Growing alarm about the number they said all i have to do is of Sexual Assaults in the call them back and i could sign military and the inadequate up. Response by the leaders of the i am not asking for a tax break. Military to provide adequate care for the survivors and to if there wasnt this care plan ensure appropriate punishment and if they didnt get it rammed for the perpetrators of these hrough, we would not be reprehensible crimes. In an exchange that i had
Humanitarian reasons. Any way i can help, please let me know. My time hassedexpired. The chair recognizes the Gentleman Program thank you for being with us today. As youre aware the House Appropriations Committee Just released the Homeland Security appropriations bill which contains the detention bed something has been talked about here today, and it says, quote, thats funding made available under the funding shall maintain level of not less than 34,000 detention beds through 2015. Close quote. Whats the purpose of detention . Public safety. The purpose is, as i understand it, to ensure that it complies with court proceedings. Is that correct . Those with Immigration Court proceedings, some are released pursuant to conditions. If we dont think theyre a risk of flight or Public Safety. But those that are considered to be a risk to Public Safety should be detained. Thats that what im asking. Be intent is to ensure that these undocumented immigrants wind up appearing in court. Isnt that w
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Politicians regularly come to washington promising fiscal responsibility. Since Congress Passed the bca with overwhelming bipartisan , washington has actually reduced the level of Government Spending for two years running. The bca savings are such a big deal that the president inpaigned on it endlessly 2012. He bragged about the bipartisan. Uts he told audiences from california to baltimore that he signed 2 trillion in spending cuts into law. Like to say these days, elections matter and the president explicitly stated that he put these on the back of the bipartisan spending cuts. Fromet the exit polls november. Two thirds said raising taxes to cut the deficit was a nonstarter. Whiched to obamacare, more voters said they wanted to repeal, the levels of support are striking. If our friends on the other side contradict keep obamacare contradicted by the then have to called the mandate for reducing the size of government day superman date a super mandate. This would increase the debt and i