i recently went to fort hood, texas, she had been very active on a case of a constituent who has been very active on this issue. i recognize miss garcia for 5 minutes. >> thank you for allowing me to waive in. it was in rotc, to the high school, it is worth mentioning 70% of them are in the south, high poverty title i schools much like other high schools in my district so this has not just an impact on anyone that joins the rotc but more specifically impacts minority women so i have many concerns and quite frankly i am almost flabbergasted at the lack of real action at the department of defense and military branches. five years, five years, it has been going on since 2017. and it wasn't until the new york times article comes out that -- i am saying may be reacting because quite frankly with no disrespect to anyone it doesn't appear to me that although you say you are outraged, i am not feeling it. 5 years is a long time. the article came out in august or september and all the you can specifically mention is childcare testing may the increasing vetting. i still didn't hear specifics. y

i recently went down to fort hood, texas. she had been very active on the case of a young woman who was one of her constituents and has been active on this issue. the chair now why couldn't -- now recognizes ms. garcia, for five minutes. >> thank you for allowing me to weigh in. she was in rotc at one of the local high schools. we know that there are programs around the country. it is worth mentioning that 70% are in the south, at high poverty, title i schools. much like travis high school and other high schools in my district. this has not just an impact on anyone that joins the rotc, but more specifically it impacts minority women. i have many concerns about this. quite frankly, i'm almost father gusted -- i'm almost flabbergasted at the lack of action coming from the department of defense and all the military branches. five years. five years. it has been going on for 20 set -- since 2017. but it wasn't until the new york times article comes out that you all are may be reacting. quite frankly, with no disrespect to anyone,

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but the motto of the soldiers, the gates, fort hood was this will defend.and the motto of austin was, keep it weird. the although 50 miles and geographic distance light years in actual mental ity so it's a challenge one will have to keep working at. and we thank all of you for your work in helping to bridge that gap. and thank you to all of you had questions for our distinguished panel. gentlemen, thanks for yourafte'e you to q public

and someone who i traveled with, down to fort hood, and who joined our review of those cases involving both vanessa and also sergeant fernandez, who is from my district. tragically, he took his own life after a reported sexual assault. and i would suggest that we have a bipartisan briefing with undersecretary cisneros. we lay out a plan that -- and i know there are separate plans at various stages of progress ongoing, but there is a need to harmonize at the highest standard, for instance, the fbi vetting process. do we have an enhanced vetting process that is suitable to all of our entities here? it's there a way to optimize and collect best practices that are recognized by the jrotc secretaries and each branch? is there a way to provide the greatest level of protection? not only from the vetting standpoint, but also the education standpoint? the accountability standpoint? and educating the students so they know that they are protected if they do need to come forward with allegations of abuse? so, all of that needs to be addressed. it needs to put on a hard timeline. and i think that t

this is pure races and we have to stop dead because every one in the world has the right to cheer fort hood. he once, if i would have said what i wanted to say would have been the title of the for all he wants. and this is what people want. they are genuine, they're difficult lives. every one of us has difficulties for whatever reasons, for different reasons. we want to have a moment. we were, we don't have to sink about this a moment where we can concentrate on something that will of on football. the problems don't go away. there will stay there long already. after the match had maybe we have been able to contribute a little bit to make them a little bit better. so tolerance starts with our sales and we shouldn't spread aggression. we have to spread understanding thither is a global football organization. as you know, we have 2011 countries which are part of etha, 2011 for me as who's our president. unfortunately, for some of you, it looks like i will be here for another 40 years. but fortunately for over 200 associations and 6 confederations in the world, every association is to say every

rosa parks and even jackie robinson who was court-martial tencel for standing up to segregation at fort hood in 1944. a believer, civil disobedience, marie also participating restaurant citizens in the early 1940s and led a national campaign on behalf of a black sharecroppers, o'dell robert who was executed for killing his landlord in self-defense in 1942. she and ellen or roosevelt both made passionate pitches on waller's behalf. shortly after world war ii, she joined the congress on racial equality on an integrated journey of reconciliation and early for your freedom ride, if you like. she also set up a law practice in new york and her work letter to other a review of many state laws on discrimination. culminating in her voluminous states laws on race and color. interestingly, she was invited into this by the methodist church who wanted to understand policies around the country, so that was really one of her big first contracts there. there are good marshall weaver to this work as the bible that lay behind his arguments in the landmark desegregation case, brown versus board of education in

this is pure races and we have to stop that because everyone in the world has the right to cheer fort hood. he wants brazil or president electors back in his country to win the wild card. lula to silver says some of the teams and biggest opponents are either missing or out of form. brazil open their great games with serbia on thursday. they also have switzerland and cameron to get past it to reach the last 16 videos. she will want to love it after 20 years. it's time for brazil to win the world cup again. first, because there are some important national teams who are not doing well. then because a country there's 4 time champions won't go, which is italy owned by furred christiano. rinaldo isn't playing like he did 15 years ago. so brazil has much more chances to win this world cup. went away. speaking of it, rinaldo, the portuguese saw, arrived and day on friday in the middle of a storm of controversy. rinaldo criticized his club at manchester, united in an interview earlier this week, and it's reported to unite to the looking at legal ways to end. the 37 year olds contract early for now

and we have to stop dead because every one in the world has the right to cheer fort hood. he wants paul reese has more from that faith, a briefing in doha. i think in fancy neither face of present has it really bristled out. the criticism leveled at cattle levelled at him. and he's really wanted to go on the attack against the media on the, on the eve of the world cup. and he said that, you know, there have been problems that have been problems with human rights. but he says that it's been impossible to make any changes with our engaging that just criticizing at a distance. maybe not even having woke up in kata would not allow any of those issues to be addressed. he also pointed out that progress has been made on those issues. it's not perfect, but he said it's a process. he also said it's a parker say on the part of the international media with various various was on the european foreign policies over the last 3000 years. deserving of quite a lot of criticism as well. i think else to the reaction in the room, maybe there's a bit of a feeling that, okay, that is true. but

working on this issue for some time, i went down to fort hood texas and very active on a case of a young woman who was a constituent it had been active on this issue. ms. garcia for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair man and thank you for allowing me to waive and for the record the rotc at one of the local high schools. we know that there are programs around the country and i think it is worth mentioning the to 70% of them are in the south in high poverty title i schools much like other high schools in my district so this has not just an impact on anyone that joins. the lack of action coming from the department of defense and all the military branches. five years. the representative mentioned it's been going on since 2017. five years. but it wasn't until "the new york times" article comes out. quite frankly with no disrespect to anyone it doesn't appear to me to say you're outraged. i'm just not feeling it. the article came out i think it was august or september and all that we can specifically mention is the childcare testing and may be increasing vetting. you said you had a short li

following that director muller did an internal review of the shooting at fort hood.hen there's a major failure, you have to look to see what happened. we haven't seen that here. we're going on almost two years. and i have to wonder why. and i think we need to ask, is it just protocol, policy, things that need to be changed, or is there some culture where even if it's a minority of agents that is standing in the way of a more robust, you know, internal review of what happened. >> i spoke to two former senior officials of the fbi. and they point the finger at christopher wray for creating a vacuum in which questions like the very legitimate ones you're raising are not answered and have no answer. and that that in and of itself is detrimental to the bureau. do you have any sense of what the morale picture looks like? >> well, i think the fbi has taken a beating in the last five years, as you know. i want to be clear that i think the vast majority of agents are doing their job, as they have been the last five years, and they're investigating crimes and doing what they ne

major general pittman went on to serve posts at fort mcpherson, georgia, fort hood, texas, before retiring from the army after a 34-year career in 1980. he remained committed to advancing opportunities for block and minority officers in his retirement and was a steadfast advocate for equality within all branches of the armed forces, supporting the overturning of the mill -- military's don't ask, don't tell policy before it was repealed in 2011. for his dutiful service to this nation, major general dillard received nine military awards and two civilian medal, including the distinguished service medal, the silver star, the purple heart, and the combat infantryman's badge with a star. veterans who receive care at the v.a. clinic in canton, michigan, should feel honored to enter a facility bearing major general dillard's name. and i know we, as members of congress, are profoundly honored and grateful for his service to our country as well. h.r. 7903 as amended has letters of the support from the american legion, v.f.w. and d.a.v. i ask unanimous consent that these letters be included in the re