Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33), Congressman Reuben Gallego (AZ-07), Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) also served as co-leads for this effort. The members argue the exclusion of these flags undermines diversity and inclusion efforts. – Subcommittee on Military Personnel Chair Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair and 30-year Army veteran Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), and 31 other Members of Congress wrote to Department of Defense Secretary Mark Esper to demand he lift the effective ban on sovereign Native Nations and LGBTQ Pride Flags on military installations. Speier, Brown, Pappas and 31 Members Demand Reinstatement of LGBTQ Pride and Sovereign Native Nations Flags on Military Installations, Explicit Ban on Confederate Flag.
