Kirsten Gillibrand

Our mission here is to pass a strong bill with teeth in it that will make any and all insider trading clearly illegal.

We must make it unambiguous that this kind of behavior is illegal.

Members of Congress, their families, and their staff should not be able to gain personal profits from information to which they have access.

The American people need to know that their elected leaders play by the exact same rules that they play by.

Nobody should be above the rules.

Our goal today is to sort out the facts and determine precisely what legal reforms are needed.

In my opinion, there ought to be a law that explicitly deters such unethical, illegal behavior by Members of Congress.

I say, 'Like really?''

It is just not good enough for the Federal Government to sit on the sidelines while States are forced to fill in the void.

We owe it to Mira and thousands of the children who are facing similar ailments to ensure that the products that we produce in this Country and that we purchase for our families are safe.

Congress can no longer afford to ignore the failures of TSCA to prevent public health any longer.

The United States can and should do more to establish a stronger set of sanctions capable of truly crippling the Syrian government.

I am very honored to be here today to introduce Ronnie Abrams, and I am very pleased to offer my strong support for her nomination to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

It is a very significant economic opportunity, not only for New York, but for the country.

New York City is home to the highest volume produce market in the country.

I urge you to at least put some discretion into your model so the human mind can intervene and say well, this is clearly a food desert, even though our model does not track it.

We have growing issues of childhood obesity, of Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, even in young children.

I want to talk to you about the food desert map locator that you released on the USDA.

I think it is very important that we fully fund these initiatives in the appropriation process, both in the '11 and '12 budgets.

We strongly urge the Committee to include the incentive grant program contained in the STANDUP Act sponsored by Senator Gillibrand, Senator Klobuchar and others on this Committee.

Legislation similar to Senator Gillibrand's Made in America block grant program and guaranteed loans are needed to support the new wave of manufacturing in our country.

I just want to urge you to be mindful of the great need we have with water infrastructure in New York State.

I think it is going to make an extraordinary difference to our communities, for historic preservation and also for education of our children and the next generation.

The American people want to see execution of the promise to begin withdrawal this summer.

Senator Gillibrand's Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act would allow Haitians... to live and work in the United States.