Kirsten Gillibrand

In the last report we got, 62 percent of the people who reported that they were sexually assaulted were retaliated against.

Although PTSD and TBI are widely recognized as signature wounds of our recent conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, we know that these conditions are more than just war injuries.

It's extremely meaningful, the work that we do.

The EPA has a critical responsibility to protect the health of our families; whether it is working to ensure that our children in the Bronx can go outdoors in the summer without fear of an asthma attack, or that families in UpState New…

We have always believed that our democracy is strongest when we care about the least among us.

It is such a risk for them that they are dependent on these supply chains.

The Quadrennial Defense Review classified global climate change as a threat multiplier.

I have the same problem in many places in my State. In the Bronx we have one of the highest asthma rates.

We cannot live isolated lives and not care about effects.

We have hardened a lot of our bases so that we are energy independent.

I have a copy of Pope Francis' beautiful encyclical on climate change. Pope Francis reminds us the impacts of climate change are often most acutely felt by those who are most vulnerable and who do not have the resources to adapt.

In several of the last Defense Authorizations, Congress has given the Department extended technology transfer authorities.

So if you find that degradation was higher than you expected, will you then go back and challenge other assumptions you made in the review for relicensing?

I think it is very unwise and I think it is unsafe.

Well, I would like aggressive oversight here.

That is highly alarming to me, given that it is just 50 miles from 8 million people.

I wouldn't wait several years. If 11 percent is degraded and you didn't expect to find degradation, it means your expectations are wrong.

I would like a written response to these questions, specifically whether you think 10 percent degradation of bolts is a safety issue.

Their technical evaluation concerning Unit 2 was flawed, so I would be highly concerned that their technical evaluation concerning Unit 3 is also flawed.

When Turing Pharmaceuticals was establishing its pricing plan for the drug Daraprim, you raised concerns internally about the proposed price increase.

These projects need to be completed.

We find ourselves now coming up on yet another hurricane season where large numbers of my constituents are left unprotected.

Will you commit to working with my office and New York State to ensure that the Army Corps will not propose disposal sites that in any way would negatively impact the environmental quality of the Sound?

I share the concerns of many of my constituents who do not want to see the environmental quality of the Sound negatively impacted by the project.

I was disappointed by the Corps' refusal of New York State's request to extend the comment period to allow additional analysis by the State and other stakeholders.