Kirsten Gillibrand

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman and Mr. Ranking Member. I appreciate this hearing very much. It is a huge issue in my State.

There is nothing ideologic about it. It is just: Does it work or doesn't it work? Does it protect people or doesn't it?

For upstate New York, for the Hudson Valley, our pollinators are essential.

Well, to the extent you need any additional resources or authorities, please let us know, because we would like to provide that with you, because I think this needs to be a national priority.

I agree. I would be grateful if you would work with my office on further issues on this.

Do you feel you need any additional authorities to enhance the AMR collection?

How will you direct ARS to conduct targeted on-farm data collection of antibiotic use?

If you have a pool of unspent fuel sitting 50 miles from New York City, it becomes a national security risk that is real. It also is an environmental hazard.

I am concerned that the NRC's decommissioning rule will potentially set up a process by which the emergency planning zone and associated requirements for nuclear plants will be automatically reduced with a plant's shutdown operations while…

Congress gave you authorization to direct commission servicemembers with cyber experience.

Some believe, including Chairman McCain, that it is on par to a declaration of war.

I believe there has to be a federal component for elections moving forward.

Do you think that the Guard could ever serve as a conduit on cyber between state, local, and Federal Government?

Do you think we are using them to their fullest potential right now?

The North Korean threat is clear and present. So too is the cyber threat that the country poses to us and our allies.

Could the unsanctioned sharing of highly classified information from Israel or other countries harm those relationships?

Would you agree with that assessment?

Implementing positive train control is essential to preventing future derailments and collisions due to operator error.

Not all projects are economic, so you do need Federal investment.

This was my friend Senator Talent's brilliant idea.

We need to make a different preference then? We need to change the language?

So maybe we could authorize in the NDAA that we want to create a certification process for these various opportunities that you can do wherever you are, get it done, it's all State certification, Federal certification that should be usable…

Some people want to be prosecutors. They don't want to be stuck somewhere else leading an admin team.

The problem is there are a lot of places that don't have enough childcare and not enough high-quality childcare.

The problem with requiring it of the State is that if there's a base, they're not getting tax revenue.