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
John pistole, just weeks before this event. I am pleased that the tsa is undertaking a review to see what lessons to be learned from lac and i look forward to the results. I encourage them to bring in stakeholders. They have a significant role to play. And in addition to the hearing is an opportunity to also exam some of the findings in gaos report on screening passengers by Technique Program. Referred to as spot. I had the opportunity of observing this on 911. I am a fan of the program. I have seen it work firsthand. I have been a strong advocate of this. But the studies have shown less than favorable and show they limit the funding until an accurate study is included and use behavioral indicators to identify behavior. It will be three years before we can begin measuring the effecti effectiveness of spot. I look forward to hearing the argument and the argument that spot is riskbased. I think that is a good premise. I would like to hear the explanation used to support this. I am disapp
After this experience. She has been able to find a plan that helps her avoid all six of her doctors including a five specialist in the primary care physician. Here is the catch. The new plan . Its out of pocket costs are now going from 4 ,000 to 45 00 range. Its now going up to an expected 5,900. It was a tough decision for her to make. She ultimate decided to pay more money in order to keep seeing the doctors that have been treating her for the past four to six years. Its a real live story of a Medicare Advantage recipient in the country whose out of pocket costs are going up because of obamacare. Its wrong. It is unfair. It should not stand. I yield the floor. Mr. President . Senator from New Hampshire. Thank you, mr. President. I came to the floor yesterday to share so many stories im receiving from my constituents about them receiving cancellations for policies they wanted to keep, higher premium under the law. Each story is very sad. I feel badly for the people of my state and acr
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
And unwanted sexual contact last year must be fundamentally changed to restore trust and accountability. These men and women of americas military have put everything on the line to defend our country. Each time they are called to serve they answer that call, but too often these brave men and women find themselves in the fight of their lives not on some faroff battlefield against an enemy but right here within our own soil, within their own ranks, with their Commanding Officers as victims of horrible acts of sexual violence. Sexual assault is not new, but it has been allowed to fester in the shadows for far too long because instead of the zero tolerance we have heard for two decades since dick cheney used those words in 1992, what we truly have, mr. President , is zero accountability. There is no accountability because the trust that any justice will be served has been irreparably broken under our Current System. Commanders hold all the cards over whether a case moves forward or not to