Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell could be on its way out.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has told The Daily Beast that she has “secured the commitment of Senate Armed Services Committee to hold hearings” on the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy that she has been working to defeat since February, when she was appointed to Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat.

Unable to achieve enough votes to temporarily suspend DADT, Gillibrand changed course and sought hearings instead. The Senate hearing is said to be scheduled for Fall and will be the first formalized assessment of DADT since it was enacted 15 years ago.

Watch her interview with The Daily Beast’s Jason Bellini:

In a press release on her website, Gillibrand states:

“I thank Chairman Levin for agreeing to hold this important hearing. Numerous military leaders are telling us that the times have changed. ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is an unfair, outdated measure that violates the civil rights of some of our bravest, most heroic men and women. By repealing this policy, we will increase America’s strength–both militarily and morally.”

Gillibrand has also pledged to work with Lieutenant Dan Choi, a mainstay on our coverage of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, to “repair the damage that has been done to his career and spare thousands of innocent, brave men and women from the same injustice.”

In the House, Rep. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania is also pushing a repeal called the Military Readiness Enhancement Act. He needs 218 votes to pass it, and in a recent report is said to have 164 . Murphy says that DADT “compromises our military readiness and hurts our national security.”  Murphy served as a paratrooper and Captain in the Army’s 82nd Airborne division.  His website, Let Them Serve, explains DADT and the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, encouraging readers to take action.

To learn more, watch this video of Rep. Murphy’s interview with Wolf Blitzer: