Once you've heard what the two witnesses today, two women, experienced in the armed forces, it's easier to understand why women may not want to work for the government any more.
I also think that we need to show that things can be changed. You're here today, and I think you could do it. If you demonstrate that you can change things, then I think women veterans would come here to work. It's only women like our two witnesses here today, who can change things. They know what they lived through.
I'm not a veteran, and that's why I'm not speaking on my own behalf, but I've seen it among the women who contributed to the program as peer supporters, and they need to have their trust in the government restored. If we give them the right to speak out and if you make some changes, women—and men—will come and work for the government. These women don't want their daughters, if they follow in their footsteps in the armed forces, to have to undergo what they did.