Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand is a senator from New York. Gillibrand was appointed as senator in 2009 to fill Hillary Clinton’s vacated seat, as Clinton became U.S. Secretary of State under Barack Obama. Gillibrand won a special election in 2010 to retain her senate seat and won re-elections in 2012 and 2018. From 2007 to 2009, she served as the representative of New York’s 20th Congressional District. Gillibrand received a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law. In 2019, she ran for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in August.
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“Marijuana is currently classified in the same category of drugs as heroin and a more dangerous category than fentanyl or cocaine.”
“Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.”
“We had the highest number of (military) sexual assaults ever reported in the last year” and “we had the lowest conviction rate and the lowest…
“Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”
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A transaction tax in countries like the UK "didn't affect their financial markets at all."
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"I actually in 2005 ran on Medicare for all."
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