Jackie Speier

Jackie Speier

@RepSpeier

represents California's 12th Congressional District. House Armed Services Committee, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

http://speier.house.gov

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scandal continues: on top of rape & sexual assaults, cadets forced to drink toilet water. No place in military for heinous conduct

Remember the bailout of AIG? $182B was spent to prop up AIG. W/ sale of stock, taxpayers will recover ALL money & $22B in Profits

My heartfelt condolences over the loss of , a super star, a role model, and above all, a mother who fought for .

Parents, do you know which websites & smartphone apps are tracking & collecting personal info on your children? NYT:

Colin Powell supports ending restrictions 4 military women. Why should they have < health benefits than other fed female workers?

SCOTUS to take up marriage . Court should strike down DOMA and recognize the constitutionality of same-sex marriage in CA & US

On today’s anniv of attack on Pearl Harbor we also remember the innocent Japanese-Americans sent to live in internment camps  

On this day we honor the 2,402 Americans killed & 1,282 wounded at Pearl Harbor 71 yrs ago. A date which will live in infamy  

HELP WANTED. House Dems seek 27 Repubs to sign petition forcing a vote on middle class tax cuts. Only skill necessary is principle.

Just signed discharge petition so House can vote on BIPARTISAN Sen bill to prevent tax increase on Amers making up to $250K. No time 2 waste

I will be monitoring the loss of life and damage from Typhoon Bopha and make sure our government is there to provide whatever aid we can.

My thoughts and prayers are with Filipino families who are weathering Typhoon Bopha–a powerful and deadly storm in the southern Philippines.

In AM debate I explained If someone sells an elixir to guarantee u won't get cancer we know it's bogus, fraud. So is "ex-gay therapy"

Debated resolution on morning radio. States should protect minors from ineffective & unsafe practices like "gay conversion therapy."

Amer Psychiatric Assoc makes it official: being transgender is not a mental disorder. No cure needed.

Online-only retailers should have to play by the same rules as the shops on Main Street. My interview about

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