A student who lived through the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, gave powerful testimony to lawmakers on how she pretended to be dead by putting a slain classmate’s blood…
9,349 viewsThe House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a hearing titled, “The Findings and Recommendations of the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military.”…
781 viewsMilitary and Defense Department officials, a domestic violence survivor, and the head of an advocacy group for domestic violence victims testified at a House Armed Services Subcommittee on…
574 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and others spoke with reporters about the Vanessa Guillen Act, a bill which would change the military investigates…
405 viewsMembers of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee testified on their report findings, which focused on issues of sexual assault, violent crimes, and command culture at Fort Hood, Texas.…
1,293 viewsThe House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a hearing on sexual assault and harassment in the military following the death of Private First Class Vanessa Guillen at Fort Hood…
3,581 viewsCurrent and former military officials testified before the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee on the role of commanders in sexual assault prosecutions within the armed…
2,783 viewsThe House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a hearing on combating sexual assault at military service academies. The hearing focused on an annual Defense Department report on…
1,830 viewsMariska Hargitay was among the witnesses at a hearing of a bipartisan task force aimed at ending sexual violence and clearing the nation’s law enforcement agencies of a large backlog of…
6,897 viewsRepresentative Jackie Speier (D-CA) talked about the display outside her congressional office on Capitol Hill honoring victims of mass shootings. She explained how the exhibit came about…
208 viewsSchool administrators and policy experts testified at a hearing on combating sexual assaults on college campuses. One of the topics discussed centered on whether cases should be handled by…
1,053 viewsWitnesses testified on comprehensive steps that Congress could take to reduce gun violence while respecting Second Amendment rights. A House Democratic task force on reducing gun violence…
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