Kirsten Gillibrand

I want to make sure the 10th Mountain Division is still seen as a vital division for the Army.

General Odierno, is the Army considering an incentive pay system that helps in the retention of military members with high level cyber skill sets?

What mechanisms do we have in place to encourage cyber studies at West Point and in Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs across the country?

I have been working on with Senator Vitter is to create and leverage a cyber guard.

I believe that an attack on our infrastructure is a threat that we cannot take lightly.

My concern is that we have a lot of assets now moved to the region in response to the threats in order to be prudent, but part of our military exercises in the region may well exacerbate the type of response that we have gotten from North…

I also want to especially thank Senator Landrieu for her extraordinary leadership on this subcommittee.

I think this hearing is such an important component to that, because not only are you going to hear from the Federal representatives, but you are going to hear from some local leaders to begin to create a record of what has to be done…

The stories that I hear most from residents is the runaround, it is the constant runaround from their insurance agent.

Your expertise with what took place with Hurricane Katrina could not be matched by anyone in the Senate.

Having lived through Hurricane Katrina, she didn’t wait a minute to extend her hand to help our region in any way we could.

I can't tell you how much the families, small businesses, communities, and leaders appreciate you holding this hearing in New York.

We still have more than 1,400 families, as Senator Gillibrand pointed out, in temporary or transitional shelters.

How do you streamline these operations? How do you make them more efficient?

On behalf of the families and small business owners throughout New York City still suffering from the effects of Superstorm Sandy, I would like to give a warm welcome to Chairwoman Landrieu and the members of the subcommittee to Staten…

When Superstorm Sandy hit just over 4 months ago, our State suffered unimaginable losses.

I will be introducing legislation later this year requiring the Federal Government to develop a national resiliency strategy.

I think it was Congress' clear words that we be technology neutral, and we will be technology neutral, whether it is by Internet, by text messaging, by telephone, by carrier pigeon.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for your leadership in holding this hearing. I am very grateful.

Just basically proving out that this system of checks and balances is enough I think would be incredibly useful for our Committee.

Well, that gets to sequestration. Obviously, with an 8-percent cut, that is going to be devastating.

So I want to know from you what are the lessons that you would suggest to us about how we should think about benchmarks such as LIBOR.

I will continue to push for provisions in the farm bill that my predecessor, Secretary John Kerry, advanced to ensure that fishermen are eligible for disaster assistance programs.

We must make sure farmers and fishermen have the tools they need to manage risk, that we protect our natural environment for future generations, and that we preserve Federal nutrition and other programs that ensure that no child is forced…

The climate change and more frequent and intense extreme weather events threaten our agricultural economy.