Kirsten Gillibrand

I'm running for president because I want to help people, and I actually have the experience and the ability to do that.

The greatest threat to humanity is global climate change.

I'm going to Clorox the Oval Office on day one, and then I'll reengage on global climate change.

We need a champion in the White House and a champion as our nominee who will fight for women, who will fight for paid leave, affordable day care.

I will be that champion for women because I've been leading the charge on affordable day care, universal pre-K, having a national leave pay.

Well, President Obama was a great president, and I think for a lot of us we're looking to figure out how to build on his accomplishments and build on his records.

And if the President wants a fight with the American people and the American women, he's got it.

We are rolling back the clock decades.

I do. And I do because President Trump and Senator McConnell have changed all the rules when it comes to appointing justices.

If I'm president, I will make sure that there is not a judge or justice who is appointed by me who will not uphold the precedent of Roe v. Wade.

Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 3 million votes, so I wouldn't say that.

Over 70 percent of American people support reproductive freedom and support the precedent of Roe v. Wade.

I think his statement was dishonest and disingenuous, but the American people are watching.

President Trump intends on overturning Roe v. Wade, he made it clear not only in his campaign but as president.

I think I can lead a movement and a fight across this nation for women's reproductive freedom. This is an all out assault, state after state, over 39 efforts in this country to undermine women's reproductive freedoms.

What would be the consequences for transit riders if funding of the mass transit account of the Highway Trust Fund was reduced or eliminated?

Every day the current Administration delays moving forward with the Gateway Program, they are gambling not just with New York's economy, but the economy of the entire Northeast region.

I hope that Congress looks forward to the next surface transportation reauthorization in 2020.

The administration has been repeatedly demonstrated a shocking disdain for LGBT community.

Last week I wrote a letter, with Senator Blumenthal, to Secretary Perdue, urging him to disclose publicly the source of turkey contamination with salmonella.

How would you ensure that the public can trust the scientific integrity of the USDA research, given the administrations habit of marginalizing and discrediting scientists?

Farmers know better, particularly farmers in upState New York and on Long Island.

I think it is fair to say that the current administration has a problem accepting scientific consensus.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is lovely to see you all.

Where I am from, in eastern New York State, we have the recent example of the New England cottontail to demonstrate that cooperation and voluntary conservation efforts under the current Endangered Species Act framework can yield positive…