services committee, we are committed on a bipartisan basis. you know, some of us split today. but that doesn t mean we re split in terms of our passion or focus. we re going to hold these guys feet to the fire. this is now their mission to create an environment where successful prosecutions can put these predators behind bars an we re mot going to give up on this till it happens. you know, these numbers are unbelievable. almost 4,000 rapes in the military between enlisted people in the united states military. one doing it to another. it s unbelievable. thank you so much, senator mccaskill. former congressman from pennsylvania patrick murphy, you have a different view. you re with gillibrand. that s right. and i do want to start you re a j.a.g. i prosecuted sex crimes when i was in the military and used to work in the philadelphia d.a. s office. let me start, chris, senator mccaskill has been awesome. and a lot of women in the senate and the house have been awesome on this. t
mccaskill. former congressman from pennsylvania patrick murphy, you have a different view. you re with gillibrand. that s right. and i do want to start you re a j.a.g. i prosecuted sex crimes when i was in the military and used to work in the philadelphia d.a. s office. let me start, chris, senator mccaskill has been awesome. and a lot of women in the senate and the house have been awesome on this. the steps they made today are great. what s called ucmj article 60 taking that away to make sure these verdicts stand where they are. where i differ from the senator is that it needs to be independent. senator mccaskill did try sex crimes but she never had to go to a mayor or to the governor to get permission to prosecute these cases. it should be an independent military justice system. and let me say one other thing. senator leahy who i respect has a bill to say let s put it in the civilian side. that s a bridge too far.
it s unbelievable. thank you so much, senator mccaskill. former congressman from pennsylvania patrick murphy, you re with gillibrand. that s right. and i do want to start snoorgs you re a jaguar. i prosecuted sex crimes when i was in the military and used to work in the philadelphia d.a. s office. let me start, chris, senator mccaskill has been awesome. and a lot of women in the senate and the house have been awesome on this. the stuff they meant today are great. what s called ucmj article 60 taking that away to make sure these verdicts stand where they are. where i differ from the senator is that it needs to be independent. senator mccaskill did try sex crimes but she never had to go to a mayor or to the governor to get permission to prosecute these cases. it should be an independent military justice system. and let me say one other thing. senator leahy who i respect has a bill to say let s put it in