Kirsten Gillibrand actually said...

I want to commend your recommendation and the President's appointment of Ambassador Holbrooke to the region.

President Obama has chosen one of the country's outstanding legal minds with his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme ...

It took a very long time, about 171 years, to get the first woman on the Supreme Court.

I strongly support Judge Sotomayor's nomination and firmly believe her to be one of the finest jurists in American history.