WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
Today, Senate Armed Service committee members Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and 13 other Senate Democrats introduced the Women Add Resourcefulness and Resilience to Improve Operational Readiness (WARRIOR) Act (https://www.kelly.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/warrior_act.pdf), legislation to reinforce a longstanding principle of the U.S. military: standards must be based on the demands of the job, not gender.
This legislation is critical for maintaining rigorous, gender-neutral standards, especially in light of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to order a study examining "the effective...