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I talked to each of the women senators and let them know that she’s going to reach out because she only completed two of the calls, she’s going to call some others, so I let them know in advance.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We must resist the urge to create a separate but unequal system of justice within the military and must guarantee a professional, unbiased system for all service members.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have to answer that moment with bold reforms, and I think waiting any longer for Republicans to do the right thing is a misstep, i don't think there's necessarily goodwill behind all negotiations, and I think the American people elected us to solve the problem of Covid, to rebuild the economy, rebuild the infrastructure, and I think it's our moment to act.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Sexual assault in ourmilitaryis an epidemic and it's clear that the current system is not working for survivors. Despite repeated efforts to protect our women and men in uniform rates of harassment and assault continue to rise while prosecutions decline.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Secretary Austin has said he will support this reform as his commander in chief has told him he wants him to.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
They are tired of waiting and they think this more profound, robust reform is needed.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We have been working on these reforms for eight years and all of the reforms that the Department of Defense have been comfortable with, haven't rendered results, they are tired of waiting and they think this more profound, robust reform is needed.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The current Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is a bureaucratic nightmare, and the Department of Education is failing to meet The Education Department obligation to help ease the student debt burden for our nation's public servants.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
He's linking the issue of basic, common-sense gun reform, that we should be going back into the Senate today to vote on, with this issue of immigration because again he continues to try to demonize people seeking asylum, people needing our help.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think contrast is fine, especially if you have a difference.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
One of the tenants of our democracy is that we have a separation of church and state, and under no circumstances are we supposed to be imposing our faith on other people, and I think this is an example of that effort.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
This is the beginning of President Trump's war on women, if he wants his war, he will have his war, and he will lose.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I think Brett Kavanaugh statement was dishonest and disingenuous, but the American people are watching and if Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath in the hearings, that's going to be problematic so I hope the American people and American women everywhere will hold this President accountable and will protest the extreme decisions by legislatures and governors being signed into law.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I'm here today to ask you one question : How are you going to be brave ?
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Sexual assaults continue to increase dramatically while the number of cases going to trial goes down, the status quo is not working.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If you ask the question, is there gender bias in America today? Absolutely, is there gender bias in every industry? Absolutely. But I think for each of us, we can overcome it.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Ten years ago, when I became The NRA senator, I recognized that I was only focused on the needs of my upstate district, but I really should have been focusing on the needs of everyone.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think that makes me a better candidate for president. I think it makes me a better person, because if you don't have an ounce of humility to know when you're wrong, how are you possibly going to govern all of America ?
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I mean, I think someone who can't recognize when they're wrong is far more concerning if you can never admit when you're wrong. And not only was I wrong, and not only should I have cared more about gun violence in other parts of my state or other parts of my country, I just didn't.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
As a strong supporter of The Second Amendment, it is a privilege to have the endorsement of the The NRA and the support of Upstate New York's gunowners and hunters.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
There's a very big difference between making sure hunters can hunt in upstate New York, because it's part of our heritage and our history and the Second Amendment to our Constitution, and fighting against gun violence, and those are values and views that I've always held — that we do need to fight against gun violence. We do need to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think we should be drawing down our troops, not only in Afghanistan but the remainder in Iraq and Syria, and then give Congress the opportunity that if they believe we should be in combat missions in any of these countries that we actually file a new authorization for the use of military force.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
It should not be a fight to pass this bill again.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
President Trump has had years to bring this country together, but instead he has chosen to divide the country across every single line he can imagine.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
There aren't two sets of rules for our friends and our foes : Right is right and wrong is wrong. Americans deserve to be respected by their leaders, and racism can not be excused in our government or anywhere else. Having seen the photo, I believe Governor Northam should resign.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Our President has inspired a hate and a darkness in this country that I have never witnessed Kirsten Gillibrand. Our President is tearing apart the very fabric of who we are as a nation, our very common decency, and that is what we are being called to fight against.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Our President has chosen to tear this country apart on every line, every division, every racial line, every religious line, Our President chooses to divide us, community by community, our President has inspired a hate and a darkness in this country that I have never witnessed Kirsten Gillibrand. Our President is tearing apart the very fabric of who we are as a nation, our very common decency, and that is what we are being called to fight against.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Now is the time to get off the sidelines. Our democracy only works when people like you stand up and demands it.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Things have changed today, and I think under those circumstances there should be a very different reaction.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's an important first step and it's one that I'm taking because I'm going to run.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Not only has the Michael Cohen sentencing really clarified how much trouble [President Trump] and his family are actually in, but it shows the depth of it -- that's it is collusion, it is fraud, it is obstruction of justice, and all those allegations are real. ... The most important thing that we can do in the Senate right now is protect the Mueller investigation.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think it is easier for a female member to imagine what it's like to be victimized, to be disbelieved, disregarded, and retaliated against, it is something that they can imagine happening easier than many of our male colleagues who can't imagine ever being victimized or disbelieved or disregarded because they've never experienced that.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
People across my state of New York, all across the country are furious with this administration’s policy to separate children from their parents.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I'm glad that many more women have joined the ranks since my election.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
He has served our country admirably, he is well-regarded as an extraordinary general, and I am very grateful for that service, and I’m very grateful that he’s willing to continue his service for the president-elect. But I still believe that civilian control of our military is fundamental to the American democracy.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
He should be held accountable. I haven't heard that from any Republicans. because he’s unwilling to resign, Congress should be doing hearings. Where are all the hearings on all these allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment? He should be held accountable.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It’s not OK to grab women without their consent, so why would you want to hold our elected leaders to the lower standard and not the highest standard? We should be holding all our elected leaders to the highest standard. I can’t be a good mother, and I can’t be a good senator if I’m silenced just because he’s my friend.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Sexual harassment and misconduct should not be allowed by anyone and should not occur anywhere, i believe the best thing for Senator Franken to do is step down.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
But this moment of reckoning about our friends and colleagues who have been accused of sexual misconduct is necessary, and it is painful. We must not lose sight that this watershed moment is bigger than any one industry, any one party, or any one person, to achieve lasting change, we will need to fight this everywhere on behalf of everyone by insisting on accountability and working to bring more women into leadership in each industry to fundamentally shift the culture.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
And I think in light of this conversation, we should have a very different conversation about President Trump, and a very different conversation about allegations against him.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I expect to hear more from Sen. Franken, i’m shocked and concerned.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Thousands of brave transgender Americans love our country enough to risk their lives for it, fight for it, and even die for it, and Congress should honor them and let them serve.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
There is no 'military only' solution to the suffering in Syria, the American people need answers from the Administration about their plan here and how they will bring coalition partners to the table for a long-term diplomatic solution.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
While I deeply respect Gen. Mattis’ service, I will oppose a waiver, civilian control of our military is a fundamental principle of American democracy, and I will not vote for an exception to this rule.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We know far more now about the extent of the military sexual assault problem than we did a year ago, and it's clear that nothing has changed.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I think many senators that we've spoken to are concerned, deeply concerned, the military continues to say, 'We got this,' ... but it's not shown in the data. It's not shown in the survivors' testimony.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
That's an important message that I think all of us can take away.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
American military, if they do these reforms, will have fewer dangerous criminals and far more heroes ... The brave men and women we send to war to keep us safe deserve nothing less than a justice system equal to their sacrifice.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
No one should have to suffer the chain of command when they report these crimes.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The military has not been able to demonstrate that they've made a difference.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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