Kirsten Gillibrand

The criminal justice system, its purpose is in fact to hold perpetrators accountable and put them in prison.

Obviously, it is time to end the scourge of rape and sexual assault on American colleges and provide survivors the resources they need to recover and to hold these perpetrators accountable.

Thank you, again, Senator Whitehouse for chairing today's hearing.

It is very important that we examine the role and responsibility of law enforcement in combating this scourge of sexual violence on our college campuses.

What we really have to do in this complicated thicket of a juxtaposition of two systems is make sure that victims... get support and good information about the options that are available to them.

I want to particularly compliment Senator Grassley and his top-notch staff who have worked with us tirelessly to put together what is truly a bipartisan bill.

This bill will give them more choices, to go through the criminal process off-campus or a fair and uniform process with due process on campus.

I definitely want to see updated reports. Also, the confluence of factors during Super Storm Sandy was very concerning.

Again, if you look at Fukushima as an example of all the things that can go wrong that you cannot possibly imagine could go wrong, I was beginning to see it during Super Storm Sandy.

A broad coalition representing consumer, health and safety groups, children and older adults, pediatricians, emergency nurses and walking and biking advocates supports the solutions proposed in S. 2284.

S. 2284, sponsored by Senator Gillibrand and others, takes a comprehensive approach to implementing safety measures to protect pedestrians and bicyclists.

The Pedestrian Safety Act takes a comprehensive approach to implementing safety improvements to prevent needless deaths and injuries to pedestrians and bicyclists.

Yes, but it really works. When it gets implemented, it is incredible.

I think this is a vital issue because of the obesity rates in children and how important it is for their health and well-being to feed them good foods.

I urge you to please help us achieve that goal by getting us to inform Congress how important a little bit of money...

I do not agree that kids who are hungry do not eat. I do not agree.

I think we need more money in this program.

I am really worried about the obesity epidemic.

The food we serve to the 31 million students who participate in school lunch programs is an important investment in the future of our country.

Obesity statistics are staggering. One in three kids in our country are now obese or overweight.

Kids will eat if they are hungry.

The costs of inaction are enormous.

Climate change, as everyone knows, is one of the biggest crises we face.

$1.6 billion in net economic benefit, which I wish my colleague was still here to hear these numbers.

S. 1153, the Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, introduced by Senator Gillibrand, would help close those invasion pathways by modernizing the Nation's antiquated systems governing the import and interstate transport of harmful…