welcome back to the program senator kirsten gillibrand. hello! (cheers and applause) i want to thank you for coming. we saved a little time and i thought it worked out very nicely. senator, are you having a nice time at your party's party? >> yes. >> jon: how has it been going so far with you? >> i thought michelle obama was amazing last night. did you guys think she was amazing? (cheers and applause) incredible! so moving. such a beautiful speech. >> jon: how does it feel in... you know, it will be 10,000, 15,000 people in there. how does it feel in that hall because obviously we can't get passes. (laughter) so was it very emotional for the people in the theater? >> well, i watched her speech from television and... >> jon: oh, you don't have passes? (laughter) >> (laughs) (laughter). >> jon: i will work on that for you. i will get you some passes. >> but they showed all the women crying. she really connected with people and talked about everyday people and their struggles and what it means to be... what her values are, what president obama's val

senator kirsten gillibrand. we'll be right back.eers and applause) here it is, your moment of zen. >> when it comes to letting people love who they love and marry who they want to marry mitt romney says no. when it comes to expanding access to good health care, mitt romney... no! romney... no! >> actually... ♪ i'm going down to south park, gonna have myself a time ♪ ♪ friendly faces everywhere ♪ humble folks without temptation ♪ ♪ going down to south park, gonna leave my woes behind ♪ ♪ ample parking day or night ♪ people spouting, "howdy, neighbor" ♪ ♪ heading on up to south park, gonna see if i can't unwind ♪ ♪ mrph rmhmhm rm! mrph rmhmhm rm! ♪ ♪ come on down to south park and meet some friends of mine ♪ okay, now, put on the nose, tweek. i can't! you do it! just stick it on! but what if i put it in the wrong place? just put it between its eyes. aah! but what if, while i'm putting on the nose, the snowman comes to life and tries to kill me? tweek, when has that ever happened ethat one time? yeah! hey, fellas! oh, hey, butters. how

senator kirsten gillibrand. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) here it is, your moment of zen. >> when it comes to letting people love who they love and marry who they want to marry mitt romney says no. when it comes to expanding access to good health care, mitt romney... no! >> actually... captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> you didn't build that... that... that (crowd chanting "obama") >> you have my permission to vote. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: (cheers and applause) welcome to the "report," everybody, it's good to have you with us! (audience chanting "stephen"). (cheers and applause) ladies and gentlemen... (cheers and applause) ladies and gentlemen, i've got to say, after an ovation like that there is only one thing to be said: i accept your nomination as host of this show. (laughter) well, folks, welcome to the "report,". it was night one o of the democratic national drum circle last night. (laughter) and i am sad to say it was a disaster. (laughter) first of

joining us to talk about the role of women in the party, are senator kirsten gillibrand, of new york, and kamala harris, attorney general of california. welcome to you both. senator gillibrand, i'm very curious about what you thought about what ray just talked to you about emily's list, whether women are really running, whether they inspire you. >> yes, and this year, specifically in this u.s. senate we have 11 women running for the senate, the most ever. we have six incumbents and five challengers but it's not surprising because we have patti murray, the chair of the d.c.s.s. who looked for the candidates and found strong women challengers and a couple of those seats are pickup seats for democrats. >> woodruff: i want to ask you both about women voters because we've heard the republicans say last week that, yes, the democrats argue they're better for women but in fact women have been most affected by this bad economy attorney general kamala harris, don't they have a point? >> women are no different from anyone. women do have the responsibility for raising families and taking care of

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joining us to talk about the role of women in the party, are senator kirsten gillibrand, of new york, and kamala harris, attorney general of california. welcome to you both. senator gillibrand, i'm very curious about what you thought about what ray just talked to you about emily's list, whether won are really running, whether they inspire you. >> yes, and this year, specifically in this u.s. senate we have 11 women running for the senate, the most ever. we have six incumbents and five challengers but it's not surprising because we have patti murray, the chair of the d.c.s.s. who looked for the candidates and found strong women challengers and a couple of those seats are pickup seats for democrats. >> woodruff: i want to ask you both about women voters because we've heard the republicans say last week that, yes, the democrats argue they're better for women but in fact women have been most affected by this bad economy attorney general kamala harris, don't they have a point? >> women are no different from anyone. women do have the responsibility for raising families and taking care of se

my guest tonight new york senator kirsten gillibrand. it 150es 1:00 on the east coast.ne the cowboys game wrapping up and tonight's speaker bill clinton is about a quarter of the way through. (laughter) (as clinton) you remember my tax relief bill in' 912348 let me recite it to you from memory. we have full team coverage starting with span that bee at the convention center. sam bee. >> i'm not there yet. a lot of security in

. >> i'm here with senator kirsten gillibrand.or gillibrand, tell me about this convention and moving it indoors. has it dampened the enthusiasm? >> not at all. to be here right now at this moment, there's so much electricity in this room. i can't tell you how palpable the excitement is to hear president obama tonight. we've had some amazing speeches, starting with michelle obama, who was so emotional, so touching, so powerful. and then to second that with bill clinton the next night where he laid out the case for what barack obama has fought for these last four years and what he's going to do the next four years. it's really incredible. so tonight it's a really special night. for me personally to see gabby giffords walk out on that stage and lead us all in the pledge of allegiance, it really just showed how strong this party is and how much courage it has. >> you talked to her before she went on stage. >> i did. >> she's doing much better? >> she feels good. she's happy, she's strong. she's so excited that she's part of this conv

cardin: i want to thank senator gillibrand for bringing this moment to the attention of the united states senate and the american people and thank senator rubio, senator durbin for being here. it's hard to believe it's been 40 years. it's hard to believe it's been 40 years since that tragic event in which terrorists had the attention of the world in the olympics at munich. and it's hard to believe over the last 40 years we've experienced so much of the violence from extremists and terrorists, tomorrow we will commemorate the 11th anniversary of the attack on our own country, and we recognize that the only way that we can stand up to this type of extremism is to never forthe get. -- forget and dere-dedicate ourselves to do everything we can to root out extremists, to root out terrorists and to never forget the consequences of their actions. so i want thank senator gillibrand and senator rubio for the resolution that we passed in this congress, to let those who were victimized 40 years ago to know that we won't forget them and we continue to dedicate our efforts to root out this type of hat

my thanks to senators gillibrand and rubio for their efforts to

gillibrand, senator gillibrand, and the important john lewis, great civil rights voice, representative have put forward a vote empowerment act. so these are steps that could be taken very simply. and if i might, color lines of the nation, have in the last year dawn voting rights watch. where you can go and communities of color on september 25 voter registration day, are using technology to help register people. i think our -- our -- what we need do right now in the face of what is going on in places like pennsylvania is direct people to places like color of change and vote latino. how do you register. the hurdles are not going to be lifted by a republican party which has decided its future is staked on voter suppression. >> the only way to get those folks out is you have to pay the poll tax whether it is fair or not. >> couple of things. one, first of all, we spoke about the alabama constitution as -- the last. this is a living relic. the relic hasn't gone anywhere. and it is designed for the same purpose. this is a dash suppression effort. because unless there is a dramatic change in

governor andrew cuomo, new york city mayor michael bloomberg, senators chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand, new jersey governor chris chris the former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani were among those in attendance. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ and the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. ♪ oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ [applause] [silence] ♪ [bag pipes] ♪ ♪ [bag pipes] [bagpipes] gordon m. aamoth, jr. edelmiro abad maria rose abad andrew anthony abate laurence christopher abel vincent abate william f. abrahamson heinrich bernhard ackermann richard anthony aceto christian adams. paul acquaviva donald laroy adams patrick adams stephen george adams shannon lewis adams c

gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the senate is now considering the motion to proceed to s. 3547, the veterans job corps act. 70 minutes will be equally divided this morning between the two leaders or their designees with the republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half. we'll begin consideration of veterans jobs bill today. it's unfortunate that we're having to go through all this, another couple of filibusters on this bill. but that's what we've been through. i mentioned yesterday here on the floor, madam president, that we, for the six years that we've had a democratic majority, there's been 380 -- this makes now 381 filibusters. during the time of lyndon johnson, six years, same period of time -- 1. 381 to 1. that's how the obstructionism has taken place in this body on the part of the republicans. there has never been anything close to this. now, m

fighting to make sure -- new york senator kirsten gillibrand.ator from maryland, barbara mikulski. [cheers and applause] >> good evening. i am senator barbara mikulski from the great state of maryland. 26 years ago, i became the first democratic woman elected to the senate in her own right. i was the first, but i made sure i was not the only. [applause] today, we are proud that there are more women serving in the united states senate right this minute then had served in all of american history when i arrived. but we want more. now, we democratic women in the senate, as you can see, we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country. we build families, businesses, and communities. we are sunday school teachers and former governors, prosecutors, and mom's in tissues. -- in tennis shoes. i was a social worker for baltimore families. now i am a social worker building opportunities for families throughout america. friends, we work on macro issues and we work on the macaroni and cheese issues. when w

various to establish a veterans job corps and other purposes signed by 17, reid, harkin, bingaman, gillibrandleahy, sanders, inouye, cardin, boxer, menendez, casey and mikulski. mr. reid: i have an at the desk at the language proposed to be stricken. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid proposes amendment 2810 to the amendment proposed to be stricken by amendment 2889. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i have a second-degree amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid proposes amendment number 2811 to amendment number 2810. mr. reid: i have a motion to commit with instructions. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid moves to commit the bill s. 3457 to the committee on veterans' affairs with instructions to report back forthwith the following amendment numbered 2812. mr. reid

gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 499, s. 3521, which is the tax extenders legislation reported out of the finance committee previously. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 4, s. 3521, a bill amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions. mr. reid: madam president, following my remarks and those of my distinguished friend be, the republican leader, the senate will resume consideration of s. 3457, the veterans jobs corps act. the time until noon will be equally divided on that matter. at noon there will be a roll call vote on the motion to waive ththe budget act with respect to the veterans jobs bill. the senate will then recess until 2:15 for the weekly caucus meetings. at 2:15, there will be a vote. there could be additional votes this afternoon or subsequent t

applause] guided by our distinguished senior united states senator, charles schumer and kirsten gillibrandl eric schneiderman. we, the empire state of democracy and diversity, we are democrats, we're standing up for working families from the shores of lake erie to long island sound. from the peaks of our north country to the rivers of our southern tier. we are innovators and achievers. we're building a brighter future in cities such as buffalo and rochester. syracuse and binghamton, utica and albany, through the historic hudson valley to new york city. [cheers and applause] or the adirondack forest -- where the adirondack forest stands majestically, niagara falls -- >> new york, you have 384 votes. how do you cast them? >> it rises gloriously with immense pride, we cast all of our throats for the present and future leader of the great nation, president barack obama. >> thank you, new york. 384 votes for barack obama. north carolina. our wonderful host. north carolina, you have 157 votes. how do cast them? >> madame secretary, the great and sovereign state of north carolina, the cradle of l

with 14 of my colleagues, including senators blumenthal, kerry, mikulski, begich, akaka, durbin, gillibrand, leahy, wyden, franken, johnson and merkley. this bill is the result of an impressive team effort. we have reached out to a number of members on the committee and others who have brought forth ideas of their own. and i'm very proud as chairman of the subcommittee on primary health and aging to have introduced this bill. and i want to thank the director of the subcommittee, ashley cunningham, for her work as well as sophie cassamo and erica sullway. madam president, it is important to me that this important piece of legislation has not been dealt with during this session. but on behalf of the millions of elderly people to whom it applies and for whom it will make life better, i am introducing it today because it will lay the groundwork for what we have got to do next session. madam president, originally enacted in 1965, the older american act, older americans act was the first edition by the federal government to help senior citizens remain independent in their homes and communities. t

gillibrand: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mrs. gillibrand: i stand here today with my colleagues to observe one minute of silence on the first day of session since the passage of the 40th anniversary of the 1972 munich olympic terrorist attack which killed 11 athletes and coaches from the israeli olympic team. prior to the extraordinary summer games in london where so many of our athletes excelled and made our country so proud, the senate passed a bipartisan resolution that i authored with senator rubio. with this resolution, which was supported by more than 30 of our colleagues, the senate called on the international olympics committee to hold a moment of silence in london to honor these 11 slain israeli olympians. it's regrettable that they chose not to. today, here in the senate, in this body, we right that wrong. the munich tragedy was an outrageous attack against innocent athletes and against the unifying spirit of the olympics. observing a moment of silence at the 2012 olympic games' opening ceremony when the world attention