Analysis: Joni Ernst says there’s more momentum than ever to tackle military sexual assault
. Thanks for waking up with usSen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has a sweeping new bill out today addressing sexual assault in the military. of female veterans serving in Congress means there’s more momentum than ever to tackle the issue of military sexual assault.
“When you have more women veterans serving, sexual assault survivors out there talking about it, then people just understand: If this can happen to a senator, it can happen to my sister, my mother, anybody,” Ernst, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard, told Power Up. “It’s a little more personal for people now, people serving in the Senate.”People know “I’m a credible source when I’m working on a bill,” Ernst adds. “It’s a personal issue for me.
Ernst says her bill would allow an independent review for an “additional check and balance” if there's disagreement between the commander and the victim’s assigned legal adviser over whether to move forward with an assault case — or, the military superior decides to take only administrative punishment.
“I don’t see that we’re not prosecuting — prosecutions are happening. People are being punished for sexual assault. The problem is sexual assaults are still happening,” Ernst argued.Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Sen. Joni Ernst have differing proposals to combating military sexual assault. “Our intent is to include as much as possible in the mark up of the defense bill,” McSally told reporters at a luncheon earlier this week, hosted by Winning for Women, an organization aimed at supporting female GOP candidates.
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