Kirsten Gillibrand

Like all Americans, I will never forget where I was the morning of the 9/11 attacks.

As we all know, there is no harder or more rewarding job than being a mom.

When we create hope and opportunity in the lives of others, we allow love, decency and promise to triumph over cowardice and hate.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.