Rep. Scott Peters doubled down on his commitment to the military community, supporting fellow Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs' Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act, which proposes to amend the United States Code to prohibit discrimination in the U.

As a veteran, I’m especially concerned about the policies and practices in the armed forces because our military has long benefited from transgender patriots in helping to achieve mission critical goals,

While the way the Department of Defense would implement the ban is unclear, the Executive Order would cut Cole and other trans service members from their jobs. The National Center

For two decades, I wore the uniform of an American soldier, deployed to Afghanistan three times, and led troops in combat. I didn’t do it for politics, I did it because I believed in the values the military claims to uphold: service,