Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement that they met with the Gillan family on Wednesday morning and are committed to bringing the bill to the House floor to vote. The main sponsor of the bill is the Democratic Rep. Of California. According to Jackie Spear, voting time will be “in the next few weeks or in November”.
According to the bill’s sponsors, the “I Vanessa Gillen Act” would criminalize sexual harassment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and would make legal decisions in cases of sexual assault and harassment outside the sexual chain of command.
In the military judicial system, commanding officers review the results of a criminal investigation and decide whether to call a court-martial to prosecute the accused.
The House already has 73 sponsors in the bill – both Democrats and Republicans – Spear said.
During a press conference on Capitol Hill attended by other supporters of the bill and Gillan’s parents and sisters, Spear said Wednesday that this part of the law would change the tragedy.
The bill would also require the determination of an independent prosecutor as a case progresses and provides victims with an opportunity to file claims with the Department of Defense for compensation, Spear said. U.S. Army’s Sexual Harassment Response Program The bill will also initiate an external review through the government’s liability office and its protocol for missing persons.
“In his death, he will serve in the arms of his brothers and sisters for years and he will protect other men and women whose voices were not there before, and now is the place to go,” Republican Rip. Markven Mullin Oklahoma said during a press conference Wednesday.
The main suspect in his disappearance was another Fort Hood soldier, S.P.C. Aaron Ron Robinson, in July, killed himself when he confronted police in Killin, Texas.
Khwam said the family told him that Gillan planned to file a harassment complaint against him the day after Robinson’s murder.
Gillian’s representative in Congress, the Democratic Rip of Texas. Sylvia Garcia said Wednesday that the Army and Foot Hood failed him. But in his name, we make the necessary changes to prevent this from happening again. “The ‘I Am Vanessa Gillen Act 2020’ is a mutable part of the law that saves lives and will help protect our women and men in these armed services.”
Angered, Garcia added, “While we can never bring Vanessa back, today we honor her memory.”
Mullin suggested that President Donald Trump, although he did not see the text of the bill, would support the law and was “committed to helping Vanessa’s family.”
Democratic Sen. The former hero also plans to introduce a fellow lawmaker in the Republican-led U.S. Senate.
“You have our promise that we are going to make sure that Vanessa’s life is not in vain. You can proudly remind us that her presence will be at every military base as it has been transformed into an institution that protects her service. Members,” Gillian addressed the family directly, Spear said.
Spear also announced that he would lead a congressional delegation to Fort Hood this weekend, where he plans to speak with registered soldiers, military police and police in Killin, and “visit the crime scene and the site of Vanessa Gillan’s remains.”
The story has been updated with additional developments on Wednesday.
The report is contributed by CNN’s Amir Vera and Lori Daniels.
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