S. 1789: Military Justice Improvement Act of 2019 Reintroduced by Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York (June 13, 2019)

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Administrator

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Sens. Cruz, Gillibrand Reintroduce Military Justice Improvement Act (June 13, 2019)

“U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and I today led a bipartisan group of senators to reintroduce the Military Justice Improvement Act, which would professionalize how the military prosecutes serious crimes by moving the decision over whether to prosecute them to independent, trained, professional military prosecutors.” –Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

The Military Justice Improvement Act (MJIA) of 2019 is sponsored by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and cosponsored by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.).

Editor’s Note: The below U.S. Senate list was compiled from the S. 967: MJIA of 2013 Senate Voting Record. The last time the Senate voted on the MJIA was March 6, 2014. Senator Gillibrand has reintroduced the MJIA every year since. Since 2014, the make-up of the Senate has changed. The still seated Senators who voted Yea and Nay in 2014 are listed as Yes and No in this list. The new senators who cosponsored the MJIA in 2019 have been added to the Yes list; the new Senators who stand with military brass (McSally & Ernst) have been added to the No list; and the rest of new Senators have been listed as unknown (Unk) because we don’t know how they will vote on this bill. Please contact your two Senators, these Senators, and both the SASC Members & HASC Members. Click on the Senator’s name and submit your support for the MJIA via the web or click on the Yes, Unk, or No to send them a message via Twitter. We provided an example tweet you can feel free to copy and paste or you can submit your own personalized message.

Example Tweet:

.@Sen_JoeManchin

Reasons we need your support:
1. Kamisha Block @USArmy: wp.me/p3XTUi-yc
2. Paige Briles #Army: wp.me/p3XTUi-5kn
3. Brandon Caserta @USNavy: wp.me/p3XTUi-8zg
4. @forthood Stateside Deaths: wp.me/p3XTUi-5oF

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UNITED STATES SENATORS (2019)

C = Cosponsor of Military Justice Improvement Act
S = Senate Armed Service Committee (SASC) Member

State	District	Name	Party	Vote
NH	Sr, C, S	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Yes
VT	Jr, C	Sen. Bernard Sanders	Independent	Yes
MN	Sr, C	Sen. Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Yes
TX	Jr, C	Sen. Ted Cruz	Republican	Yes
NM	Jr, C, S	Sen. Martin Heinrich	Democratic	Yes
MA	Sr, C, S	Sen. Elizabeth Warren	Democratic	Yes
HI	Sr	Sen. Brian Schatz	Democratic	Yes
NY	Jr, C, S	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	Yes
CA	Sr, C	Sen. Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	Yes
PA	Sr, C	Sen. Bob Casey	Democratic	Yes
CT	Jr	Sen. Chris Murphy	Democratic	Yes
HI	Jr, C, S	Sen. Mazie Hirono	Democratic	Yes
KY	Sr	Sen. Mitch McConnell	Republican	Yes
VT	Sr, C	Sen. Patrick Leahy	Democratic	Yes
DE	Jr, C	Sen. Chris Coons	Democratic	Yes
CO	Sr, C	Sen. Michael Bennet	Democratic	Yes
WA	Sr	Sen. Patty Murray	Democratic	Yes
IA	Sr, C	Sen. Charles Grassley	Republican	Yes
NJ	Sr, C	Sen. Bob Menendez	Democratic	Yes
OR	Jr, C	Sen. Jeffery Merkley	Democratic	Yes
ME	Sr	Sen. Susan Collins	Republican	Yes
IL	Sr, C	Sen. Richard Durbin	Democratic	Yes
WY	Sr	Sen. Michael Enzi	Republican	Yes
WA	Jr	Sen. Maria Cantwell	Democratic	Yes
MI	Sr	Sen. Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	Yes
NY	Sr	Sen. Charles Schumer	Democratic	Yes
OR	Sr, C	Sen. Ron Wyden	Democratic	Yes
OH	Sr, C	Sen. Sherrod Brown	Democratic	Yes
NJ	Jr, C	Sen. Cory Booker	Democratic	Yes
NM	Sr, C	Sen. Tom Udall	Democratic	Yes
KS	Jr	Sen. Jerry Moran	Republican	Yes
MD	Sr	Sen. Ben Cardin	Democratic	Yes
KY	Jr, C	Sen. Rand Paul	Republican	Yes
MA	Jr, C	Sen. Edward Markey	Democratic	Yes
AK	Sr, C	Sen. Lisa Murkowski	Republican	Yes
CT	Sr, C, S	Sen. Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Yes
WI	Jr, C	Sen. Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	Yes
MN	Jr, C	Sen. Tina Smith	Democratic	Yes
NH	Jr, C	Sen. Maggie Hassan	Democratic	Yes
CA	Jr, C	Sen. Kamala Harris	Democratic	Yes
IL	Jr, C, S	Sen. Tammy Duckworth	Democratic	Yes
MD	Jr	Sen. Chris Van Hollen	Democratic	Unk
AK	Jr, S	Sen. Dan Sullivan	Republican	Unk
IN	Jr	Sen. Mike Braun	Republican	Unk
IN	Jr	Sen. Todd Young	Republican	Unk
NV	Jr	Sen. Jacky Rosen	Democratic	Unk
NV	Jr	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto	Democratic	Unk
LA	Jr	Sen. John Kennedy	Republican	Unk
LA	Jr	Sen. Bill Cassidy	Republican	Unk
ND	Jr, S	Sen. Kevin Cramer	Republican	Unk
WV	Jr	Sen. Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	Unk
CO	Jr	Sen. Cory Gardner	Republican	Unk
AR	Sr, S	Sen. Tom Cotton	Republican	Unk
NE	Jr	Sen. Ben Sasse	Republican	Unk
SD	Jr, S	Sen. Mike Rounds	Republican	Unk
MT	Jr	Sen. Steve Daines	Republican	Unk
NC	Jr, S	Sen. Thom Tillis	Republican	Unk
TN	Jr, S	Sen. Marsha Blackburn	Republican	Unk
AZ	Jr	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema	Democratic	Unk
UT	Jr	Sen. Mitt Romney	Republican	Unk
GA	Jr, S	Sen. David Perdue	Republican	Unk
FL	Jr, S	Sen. Rick Scott	Republican	Unk
MO	Jr, S	Sen. Josh Hawley	Republican	Unk
MS	Jr	Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith	Republican	Unk
MI	Jr, S	Sen. Gary Peters	Democratic	Unk
OK	Jr	Sen. James Lankford	Republican	Unk
AL	Jr, S	Sen. Doug Jones	Democratic	Unk
AZ	Jr, S	Sen. Martha McSally	Republican	No
IA	Jr, S	Sen. Joni Ernst	Republican	No
MT	Sr	Sen. Jon Tester	Democratic	No
ID	Jr	Sen. James Risch	Republican	No
FL	Sr	Sen. Marco Rubio	Republican	No
ND	Sr	Sen. John Hoeven	Republican	No
RI	Jr	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	No
WI	Sr	Sen. Ron Johnson	Republican	No
VA	Sr	Sen. Mark Warner	Democratic	No
SC	Jr	Sen. Timothy Scott	Republican	No
VA	Jr, S	Sen. Tim Kaine	Democratic	No
DE	Sr	Sen. Tom Carper	Democratic	No
NE	Sr, S	Sen. Deb Fischer	Republican	No
MS	Sr, S	Sen. Roger Wicker	Republican	No
ID	Sr	Sen. Mike Crapo	Republican	No
AL	Sr	Sen. Richard Shelby	Republican	No
ME	Jr, S	Sen. Angus King	Independent	No
RI	Sr, S	Sen. Jack Reed	Democratic	No
MO	Sr	Sen. Roy Blunt	Republican	No
TN	Sr	Sen. Lamar Alexander	Republican	No
SD	Sr	Sen. John Thune	Republican	No
UT	Sr	Sen. Mike Lee	Republican	No
PA	Jr	Sen. Patrick Toomey	Republican	No
OH	Jr	Sen. Rob Portman	Republican	No
TX	Sr	Sen. John Cornyn	Republican	No
NC	Sr	Sen. Richard Burr	Republican	No
SC	Sr	Sen. Lindsey Graham	Republican	No
OK	Sr, S	Sen. Jim Inhofe	Republican	No
KS	Sr	Sen. Pat Roberts	Republican	No
WY	Jr	Sen. John Barrasso	Republican	No
WV	Sr, S	Sen. Joe Manchin	Democratic	No
GA	Sr	Sen. Johnny Isakson	Republican	No
AR	Sr	Sen. John Boozman	Republican	No

S. 967: Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 – U.S. Senate Voting Record (March 6, 2014)

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Administrator

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S. 967 – Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 – Voting Record of U.S. Senate

NOTE: INVOKING CLOTURE REQUIRES A 3/5 MAJORITY OF THE SENATE. IT IS NOT A VOTE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, BUT LIMITS FURTHER DEBATE TO 30 HOURS. CLOTURE IS TYPICALLY USED TO END A FILIBUSTER. A FAILED CLOTURE VOTE OFTEN PREVENTS THE LEGISLATION FROM EVER COMING TO A VOTE.

NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS.

Date: March 6, 2014
Issues: Crime, Military Personnel, Women
Bill: Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013
Roll Number: 59
Yea: 55
Nay: 45
Cloture Not Invoked (Senate)

Gillibrand brings victims’ voices to Senate floor in fight for military justice -U.S.Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (March 6, 2014)

Before Senate Vote, Hirono Urges Colleagues To Pass Military Justice Improvement Act -Mazie Hirono (March 6, 2014)

Sen. Paul joined Senate colleagues to urge passage of the Military Justice Improvement Act. This piece of bipartisan legislation will combat sexual assault and other violent crimes in the military by restructuring the way in which they are reported and prosecuted. -Senator Rand Paul (March 6, 2014)

Floor Statement on the Military Justice Improvement Act -Senator Chuck Grassley (March 6, 2014)

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) went to the Senate floor to reiterate her support for the Military Justice Improvement Act of which she is an original co-sponsor and call for its immediate passage. -Senator Jeanne Shaheen (March 6, 2014)

U.S. Senator Susan Collins spoke on the Senate floor today in strong support of legislation coming before the Senate that would address the crisis of sexual assault in the military. -Senator Susan Collins (March 6, 2014)

(Washington, D.C.) — Yesterday on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) spoke in support of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) bipartisan Military Justice Improvement Act (S. 1752). -[Former] Senator Dean Heller (March 6, 2014)

The Senate came within five votes of passing a major change to the military’s command structure. An amendment by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., would have stripped commanders of authority over sexual assault cases and put everything in the hands of seasoned military trial lawyers. -CBS Evening News (March 6, 2014)

Senator Ted Cruz speaks out in support of a military sexual assault bill that was blocked in the Senate. -CNN (March 6, 2014)

PBS NewsHour: Hirono Fights For Military Justice Improvement Act -Mazie Hirono (March 7, 2014)

Senator Brian Schatz’s remarks on failure of Military Justice Improvement Act passage -Hawaii247.com (March 7, 2014)

Editors Note: The Senator’s name with a link is a Senator still serving in the U.S. Senate (as of June 24, 2019). You can click on the link and it will take you to their official Senate page. The Senators without a link have been voted out, left, retired, or died. If you click on the Vote link Yea or Nay, it will take you to the Senator’s twitter page. You can thank them for supporting the MJIA or remind those who voted Nay why the MJIA is so important.

State	District	Name	Party	Vote
AK	Jr	Sen. Mark Begich	Democratic	Yea
NH	Sr	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Yea
MD	Sr	Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski	Democratic	Yea
MN	Jr	Sen. Al Franken	Democratic	Yea
VT	Jr	Sen. Bernard ‘Bernie’ Sanders	Independent	Yea
MN	Sr	Sen. Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Yea
TX	Jr	Sen. Rafael Edward ‘Ted’ Cruz	Republican	Yea
NM	Jr	Sen. Martin T. Heinrich	Democratic	Yea
MA	Sr	Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren	Democratic	Yea
HI	Sr	Sen. Brian Emmaneul Schatz	Democratic	Yea
NY	Jr	Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Democratic	Yea
CA	Sr	Sen. Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	Yea
PA	Sr	Sen. Robert P. ‘Bob’ Casey Jr.	Democratic	Yea
IN	Sr	Sen. Joe Donnelly Sr.	Democratic	Yea
CT	Jr	Sen. Christopher S. ‘Chris’ Murphy	Democratic	Yea
HI	Jr	Sen. Mazie K. Hirono	Democratic	Yea
NV	Sr	Sen. Dean Heller	Republican	Yea
KY	Sr	Sen. Mitch McConnell	Republican	Yea
CA	Jr	Sen. Barbara Boxer	Democratic	Yea
VT	Sr	Sen. Patrick J. Leahy	Democratic	Yea
DE	Jr	Sen. Christopher A. ‘Chris’ Coons	Democratic	Yea
CO	Sr	Sen. Michael Farrand Bennet	Democratic	Yea
LA	Sr	Sen. David B. Vitter	Republican	Yea
WA	Sr	Sen. Patty Murray	Democratic	Yea
IA	Sr	Sen. Charles E. ‘Chuck’ Grassley	Republican	Yea
ND	Jr	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp	Democratic	Yea
WV	Sr	Sen. John D. ‘Jay’ Rockefeller IV	Democratic	Yea
NJ	Sr	Sen. Robert ‘Bob’ Menendez	Democratic	Yea
OR	Jr	Sen. Jeffery A. ‘Jeff’ Merkley	Democratic	Yea
LA	Sr	Sen. Mary L. Landrieu	Democratic	Yea
CO	Sr	Sen. Mark E. Udall	Democratic	Yea
AR	Sr	Sen. Mark Lunsford Pryor	Democratic	Yea
ME	Sr	Sen. Susan M. Collins	Republican	Yea
IL	Sr	Sen. Richard J. ‘Dick’ Durbin	Democratic	Yea
WY	Sr	Sen. Michael B. ‘Mike’ Enzi	Republican	Yea
WA	Jr	Sen. Maria Cantwell	Democratic	Yea
MI	Sr	Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow	Democratic	Yea
NY	Sr	Sen. Charles E. ‘Chuck’ Schumer	Democratic	Yea
OR	Sr	Sen. Ron Wyden	Democratic	Yea
IA	Jr	Sen. Thomas ‘Tom’ Harkin	Democratic	Yea
OH	Sr	Sen. Sherrod C. Brown	Democratic	Yea
NJ	Jr	Sen. Cory A. Booker	Democratic	Yea
NE	Sr	Sen. Mike O. Johanns	Republican	Yea
NM	Sr	Sen. Thomas S. ‘Tom’ Udall	Democratic	Yea
KS	Jr	Sen. Jerry W. Moran	Republican	Yea
NV	Sr	Sen. Harry M. Reid	Democratic	Yea
MD	Sr	Sen. Benjamin L. ‘Ben’ Cardin	Democratic	Yea
KY	Jr	Sen. Rand Paul	Republican	Yea
SD	Sr	Sen. Timothy Peter ‘Tim’ Johnson	Democratic	Yea
MA	Jr	Sen. Edward J. ‘Ed’ Markey	Democratic	Yea
MT	Jr	Sen. John E. Walsh	Democratic	Yea
NC	Jr	Sen. Janet R. ‘Kay’ Hagan	Democratic	Yea
AK	Sr	Sen. Lisa A. Murkowski	Republican	Yea
CT	Sr	Sen. Richard ‘Dick’ Blumenthal	Democratic	Yea
WI	Jr	Sen. Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	Yea
MT	Sr	Sen. Jon Tester	Democratic	Nay
IL	Jr	Sen. Mark Steven Kirk	Republican	Nay
ID	Jr	Sen. James E. ‘Jim’ Risch	Republican	Nay
FL	Sr	Sen. Marco Rubio	Republican	Nay
ND	Sr	Sen. John H. Hoeven	Republican	Nay
RI	Jr	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Nay
WI	Sr	Sen. Ron Johnson	Republican	Nay
VA	Sr	Sen. Mark R. Warner	Democratic	Nay
SC	Jr	Sen. Timothy E. ‘Tim’ Scott	Republican	Nay
VA	Jr	Sen. Timothy M. ‘Tim’ Kaine	Democratic	Nay
TN	Jr	Sen. Robert ‘Bob’ Corker	Republican	Nay
DE	Sr	Sen. Thomas Richard ‘Tom’ Carper	Democratic	Nay
NE	Sr	Sen. Deb Fischer	Republican	Nay
AZ	Sr	Sen. Jeff Flake	Republican	Nay
NH	Jr	Sen. Kelly A. Ayotte	Republican	Nay
MS	Sr	Sen. Roger F. Wicker	Republican	Nay
ID	Sr	Sen. Michael D. ‘Mike’ Crapo	Republican	Nay
UT	Sr	Sen. Orrin G. Hatch	Republican	Nay
GA	Sr	Sen. Clarence Saxby Chambliss	Republican	Nay
FL	Sr	Sen. William Clarence ‘Bill’ Nelson Sr.	Democratic	Nay
AL	Sr	Sen. Richard C. Shelby	Republican	Nay
MO	Sr	Sen. Claire McCaskill	Democratic	Nay
ME	Jr	Sen. Angus S. King Jr.	Independent	Nay
RI	Sr	Sen. John Francis ‘Jack’ Reed	Democratic	Nay
MO	Sr	Sen. Roy Blunt	Republican	Nay
TN	Sr	Sen. Lamar Alexander	Republican	Nay
SD	Sr	Sen. John R. Thune	Republican	Nay
IN	Sr	Sen. Daniel R. ‘Dan’ Coats	Republican	Nay
UT	Sr	Sen. Michael ‘Mike’ Lee	Republican	Nay
PA	Jr	Sen. Patrick J. ‘Pat’ Toomey	Republican	Nay
OH	Jr	Sen. Robert J. ‘Rob’ Portman	Republican	Nay
MS	Sr	Sen. Thad Cochran	Republican	Nay
TX	Sr	Sen. John Cornyn	Republican	Nay
NC	Sr	Sen. Richard M. Burr	Republican	Nay
SC	Sr	Sen. Lindsey O. Graham	Republican	Nay
AZ	Sr	Sen. John Sidney McCain III	Republican	Nay
OK	Sr	Sen. James M. ‘Jim’ Inhofe	Republican	Nay
MI	Sr	Sen. Carl Levin	Democratic	Nay
NA		None Jefferson Beauregard ‘Jeff’ Sessions III	Republican	Nay
KS	Sr	Sen. Charles Patrick ‘Pat’ Roberts	Republican	Nay
WY	Jr	Sen. John Barrasso	Republican	Nay
WV	Sr	Sen. Joseph ‘Joe’ Manchin III	Democratic	Nay
GA	Sr	Sen. John H. ‘Johnny’ Isakson	Republican	Nay
OK	Jr	Sen. Thomas Allen ‘Tom’ Coburn	Republican	Nay
AR	Sr	Sen. John N. Boozman	Republican	Nay

The Military Justice Improvement Act Helps Guarantee Constitutional Rights for All (2013)

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Administrator

I support the Military Justice Improvement Act for a number of reasons but first and foremost because it will provide a safe place for survivors to report. And if survivors can report, we can prevent others from becoming victims of these same criminals. The whole premise behind this law is to remove the gatekeepers (Commander and Chain of Command). Not because they all are incapable and incompetent of doing the right thing but because they are trained to be warriors not police, detectives, and prosecutors. Therefore, they can quite potentially hurt a case by meddling in it.

The Commander may know both parties and cannot be impartial in this case. Therefore, we need to treat all cases as if they are worst case scenario so that our response is uniform and consistent. This law is only the first of many steps that need to be taken in order to ensure a fair process for both the victim and the accused. No one wants special rights; no one wants bias in the process. As a matter of fact, we are making the military’s response to violent crime similar to that of the civilian system. For example, would you report a crime to your boss? No. You would report a crime to the police, a rape crisis center, etc.

Since not all bases have legal and support services available to them, the next logical step is to turn to the Judge Advocate General, who is more of a legal professional then the Commander. Commanders are not trained to assist traumatized victims, conduct investigations, or study the modus operandi of predators. Most prosecutors are schooled in these techniques automatically just because of their legal training. The ideal scenario would include one place to call or go to assist them with the process. We can’t do this until they report. The SARC or SAPRO can act as a support system but only if they have a supportive Command. Therefore, we need to guarantee a support system that will review the situation from an objective point of view. The good soldier defense and how long you have served should not determine your credibility.

If you don’t believe the military has a reporting problem, then you don’t know the numbers. The numbers are staggering and illusive. The 26,300 troops that the Department of Defense reports are sexual assaulted per year does not include the military service academies, the Coast Guard, or sexual harassment cases. Unfortunately, the Department of Defense is still referring sexual harassment cases to the Equal Employment Opportunity office, which is a Commander’s program. Therefore once again, if the EEO representative is not supported by the Commander then they cannot help you. Of the 26,300 estimated troops, only 3,374 reported the crimes perpetrated against them. Sixty-two percent of those that did not report the crime did not report because of fear of retaliation and the impact on their career, and rightly so.

Update on the Military Justice Improvement Act (September 20, 2013)

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Administrator

Stars and Stripes: ‘White House, Congress bear down on military sexual assault’ (May 16, 2013)

In January, veterans were able to address the House Armed Services Committee regarding crime and non combat death in the military. The testimony was on the heels of what was referred to in the media as the “Lackland Sex Scandal.” The veterans specifically emphasized that crime is military wide and not specific to the Air Force. The veterans also shared that most service members are not reporting because of a fear of retaliation. Shortly after the testimony was given, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced the combat exclusion policy was lifted and the media was poised to move in that direction.

Then in March, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand asked for a hearing on Military Sexual Assault with those on the personnel subcommittee to the Senate Armed Services Committee. At that time four other veterans testified and affirmed that removing the Chain of Command would have helped prevent their current situations due to the retaliation.

Senator Gillibrand announced in May that she was going to sponsor the Military Justice Improvement Act, which is a law that would restrict the Commanders from handling felony crimes of over a year or more sentence. She introduced it to the Senate Armed Services Committee and Senator Carl Levin shut the whole thing down. It was at this time that Senator Claire McCaskill, Senator Kelly Ayotte, Senator Jon Tester, Senator Jim Inhofe, and Senator Levin started to fight for the Department of Defense and keep everything status quo.

Right now we are trying to get support from the other Senators to force the MJIA bill back on the table. We have both Democrats and Republicans on board and recently Conservatives like Senator Rand Paul, Senator Chuck Grassley, and Senator Ted Cruz have signed on because they understand the constitutional aspect of this dilemma. We should not be reporting felony crimes to our boss. We should be reporting violent crimes to a legal authority of some sort. One person, ie the Commander, should not have sole discretion over whether or not we proceed with justice.

Please contact your Senators and Representatives and ask them to sponsor legislation that mirrors that of the civilian justice system. Victims of crimes should report to police, the police should investigate the claims, the police should enter the information into the FBI national database, and then a prosecutor can make a decision as to whether one can move forward with a case in a court of law. A person’s claim needs to be corroborated in some way so that we have the evidence necessary to go to court, win, and put a criminal behind bars.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas Cosponsored the Military Justice Improvement Act; Says Shouldn’t Have to Report Crime to Boss, Wants MJIA in Place If Daughters Join (July 16, 2013)

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Administrator

Sen. Ted Cruz Q&A in Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on Sexual Assaults in the Military -Senator Ted Cruz (June 4, 2013)

Gillibrand Leads Bipartisan Senate Coalition to End Military Sexual Assault -U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (July 16, 2013)

Sen. Ted Cruz Supports Sen. Gillibrand’s Push to Stop Sexual Assault in the Military -Senator Ted Cruz (July 16, 2013)

Sen. Ted Cruz Joins Sen. Gillibrand in Press Conference on Preventing Sexual Assault in the Military -Senator Ted Cruz (November 6, 2013)

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand stops by to talk about what she’s doing to protect our soilders from military sexual assault. Find out why she’s getting support from both sides of the aisle and tune in to hear from a survivor. -Katie Couric (November 19, 2013)

Sen. Ted Cruz Speaks In Favor of Gillibrand Amendment to Combat Sexual Assault in the Military (November 20, 2013)

Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz joined the New York Democrat in support of taking the chain of command out of military sexual assault cases. -The Washington Examiner (February 18, 2014)

Senator Ted Cruz speaks out in support of a military sexual assault bill that was blocked in the Senate. -CNN (March 6, 2014)

Sen. Ted Cruz at MJIA Press Conference -Senator Ted Cruz (December 2, 2014)

[Full Video] Senator Gillibrand was joined by Senators Grassley, Blumenthal, Cruz and Wyden to discuss next steps in the effort to pass the Military Justice Improvement Act. -U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (June 16, 2015)

Sen. Ted Cruz at Military Justice Improvement Act Press Conference. -Senator Ted Cruz (June 16, 2015)

Ted Cruz speaks out on sexual assault in the military. -CNN (April 1, 2016)

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is reaching across the aisle to prevent military officers from reaching into their subordinates’ pants. #passMJIA -Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (June 7, 2016)

Support the Military Justice Improvement Act, and help protect our privates’ privates. #PassMJIA -Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (June 7, 2016)

Video Links:
Sen. Ted Cruz Q&A in Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on Sexual Assaults in the Military
Gillibrand Leads Bipartisan Senate Coalition to End Military Sexual Assault
Sen. Ted Cruz Supports Sen. Gillibrand’s Push to Stop Sexual Assault in the Military
Sen. Ted Cruz Joins Sen. Gillibrand in Press Conference on Preventing Sexual Assault in the Military
Senator Kirsten’s Gillibrand’s Measure to Protect Our Soldiers From Sexual Assault
Sen. Ted Cruz Speaks In Favor of Gillibrand Amendment to Combat Sexual Assault in the Military
Gillibrand grabs crucial support for military sexual assault bill
Sen. Ted Cruz at MJIA Press Conference
Sen. Cruz: They didn’t sign up to be sexually assaulted
Military Justice Improvement Act Press Conference (6/16/2015)
Military Justice Improvement Act Press Conference
Sen. Ted Cruz at Military Justice Improvement Act Press Conference
Military Sexual Assault HRG-Cruz: Not Working
#passMJIA | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
The “Ted Cruz Caress” Challenge | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

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