Rep. Corey Gardner: Protecting sex assault victims in the military
Congressman Corey Gardner (D-CO) calls on the House to pass fundamental reform to fix our broken military justice system:
This week, I announced my support for the inclusion of text in the NDAA to address these crimes in a way that respects military leadership but brings real reform to a system that is currently failing sexual assault victims.
This bipartisan text, originally proposed by Sen. Kristen Gillibrand of New York, removes the decision to prosecute claims of sexual assault and other major military crimes from the military’s chain of command.
This would ensure that victims of sexual assault can come forward with the knowledge that he or she will receive a fair judicial process.
Reforming the military’s judicial process is not something that I take lightly.
