, and they had heard about ed nixon, so mr. nixon recommended to claudette's parents that they get this young black lawyer to represent her when she was arrested, and they did. at that time i thought this was a good opportunity for me. but now i have to raise all these issues in this case before the judge who was the judge of the juvenile court of montgomery county. and i raised these issues, and they had charged her with being a delinquent and in assaulting an officer because when she was arrested, she didn't voluntarily just walk off. they almost had to drag her. she didn't resist, and she didn't fight back. but the judge listened to me. but in the final analysis, he found her to be guilty -- found her to be a delinquent and placed her on unsupervised probation. i was ready then because i knew ultimately we were going to change the laws, we were going to have to go to court, and i was prepared to do that. but i'm not sure the montgomery community, the black community even was quite ready for it, but there were some people tha

ed mr. mad ham chairman. good afternoon, dr. hicks. madam chair, i ask unanimous consent to offer these reports into office, one from president nixon owes task force on racial disparities in the military. >> without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, dr. hicks. under the vanessa guillen act that's been introduced, and let me preface this by saying that i've served as a commander in the army at two less. i served as a jag. i've advised commanders with court-martial meeting authority and i understand the importance of the punitive articles and the procedures, non-judicial punishment in the military form of military justice to maintain good order and discipline. in in this act they return awol, malingering, inshored nation happened they it is there the right it -- the fining facility fight. can you explain the department's thinking why those are not sufficient tools to maintain good order and discipline for a commander? >> congressman brown, we have not looked -- as i have said, we have not looked at this issue set. we looked very broadly and very deep hi on sexual assault and sexual harassment. we have not taken on, and there aren't stu

ed mr. mad ham chairman. good afternoon, dr. hicks. madam chair, i ask unanimous consent to offer these reports into office, one from president nixon owes task force on racial disparities in the military. >> without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, dr. hicks. under the vanessa guillen act that's been introduced, and let me preface this by saying that i've served as a commander in the army at two less. i served as a jag. i've advised commanders with court-martial meeting authority and i understand the importance of the punitive articles and the procedures, non-judicial punishment in the military form of military justice to maintain good order and discipline. in in this act they return awol, malingering, inshored nation happened they it is there the right it -- the fining facility fight. can you explain the department's thinking why those are not sufficient tools to maintain good order and discipline for a commander? >> congressman brown, we have not looked -- as i have said, we have not looked at this issue set. we looked very broadly and very deep hi on sexual assault and sexual harassment. we have not taken on, and there aren't stu