new york senators gilmore and gillibrand support underride legislation after four people were killed last month. gillibrand's office said they are working on the draft of a bill but are not ready to introduce it yet. >> up to this point we've just been begging over and over again would you, would you they'll listen to us and talk to us but not act. >> reporter: the two mothers haven't had as much success as they hoped for. out of 36 meetings with congressional offices they've sat face to face with lawmakers 10 times. both women lost children in underride accidents with tractor trailers and they've been relentless in lobbying staff members to sponsor underride legislation that they wrote. if that sounds far fetched, don't tell marianne and lois who on this day are meeting with aides for the chair of the house transportation committee in the same room the moms hope to have congressional underride hearings one day. you guys walk into a room like this and kind of feel visions of what might be ahead? >> yeah, yes. >> definitely. we've been asking for a hearing. >> reporter: so far no hear

new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand has withdrawn her sponsorship of a bill that critics sayould criminalize free speech and peaceful protest. the israel anti-boycott act would make it a felony for u.s. citizens to support boycotts of israel and israeli settlements, punishable by at least a $250,000 fine, with a maximum penalty of a fine of $1 million and 20 years in prison. senator gillibrand's reversal came as groups, including the aclu, julius -- jewish voice for peac,e and palestine legal mount a campaign challenging anti-bds bills as unconstitutional. nearly half of the senate and 234 congress members continue to support the bill. in nicaragua, amnesty international has accused the government m of a campaign of harassment against activists challenging a proposed $50 billion canal linking the atlantic and pacific oceans. campesinos say the project could devastate the environment while displacing up to 120,000 people. this is amnesty international lawyer erika guevara rosas. >> this canal, whose construction has not yet begun, has grave human rights violations against comm

there's a good bill -- senator gillibrand. it's a good bill. it offers 12 weeks.covers men and women. it offers substantial wage reimbursement and replacement. it covers all forms of meeting leave. that is the kind of public policy we need. there is some progress at the state level, it became the fifth state to offer a leave policy, but i don't think we can fully rely on companies. we need strong national policy. emily: apple build a brand, spanking new campus with a gym, no childcare, much was made of that. tech companies have never shied away from radical solutions. should companies with the resources offer things like child care? sheryl: child care is often complicated, in the sense that a lot of companies that offer indirectly have long wait lists, and a lot of places aren't zoned for it. i have talked to a lot of companies who have different ways of dealing with it, but here is what every company should make sure -- employees are paid enough, that they can afford good childcare, whether it is offered on campus, which is great if you can do it, or if it is off

there's a good bill out there, the family act -- senator gillibrand. it's a good bill.fers 12 weeks. it covers men and women. it offers substantial wage reimbursement and replacement. it covers all forms of meeting leave. that is the kind of public policy we need. there is some progress at the state level, it became the fifth state to offer a leave policy, but i don't think we can fully rely on companies. we need strong national policy. emily: apple build a brand, spanking new campus with a gym, no childcare, much was made of that. tech companies have never shied away from radical solutions. should companies with the resources offer things like child care? sheryl: child care is often complicated, in the sense that a lot of companies that offer it directly have long wait lists, and a lot of places aren't zoned for it. i have talked to a lot of companies who have different ways of dealing with it, but here is what every company should make sure -- employees are paid enough, that they can afford good childcare, whether that childcare is offered on campus, which is great if

. >> senator gillibrand. >> hello. thank you for being here. thank you for your service.i welcome your family. i want to talk to you a little bit about where we are on trying to combat military sexual assault. in 2013, then chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general dempsey said there was a lack of confidence in solving this ourselves. the president of the united states said to us in december, you know what, you've got a year to review this thing and show me you can make a difference. we understand that just because senator gillibrand's vote was defeated yesterday, doesn't mean a year from now it may not be reintroduced and if we haven't been able to demonstrate that we're making a difference, we deserve to be held to the scrutiny and standard. this is now four years later. and we don't see a change in the overall numbers. we don't stee a chanee a rate i change of prosecution and in the rate of conviction and we don't see a change in the rate of retaliation so i'm really worried that where commanders are entirely responsible for outcomes that hasn't led to the scrutiny

thank you. >> senator gillibrand, thank you so much on a very, very busy day.'ve had to 34isz a good part of the hearing because of other committee duties. i know you're in the same situation. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman, thank you, madam ranking member. in your testimony you talk about how after superstorm sandy over 10 billion gallons of raw and partially treated sewage flooded streets and homes. this raises the point to think about ril dwroens the esilience of climate change when making investments to repair water pipes. we need to think ahead. for example, we have water pipes in new york that are over 100 years old and nearly half of new york city's water pipes were built before world war ii. we should be thinking about the next 50 to 100 years from now when we design projects today. what should we do to improve about how we make decisions about water infrastructure investments to take into account extreme weather, sea level rise and other climate-related impacts. >> thank you, senator, one thing we need to do is make sure we're more resilient and le

the five democrats were kirsten gillibrand of new york, ed markey and elizabeth warren both of massachusetts and jeff merkley and ron wyden both of oregon. in addition, three senators did not vote. richard burr of north carolina, minnesota's al franken and arizona's john mccain. in a statement, senator wyden criticized wray because of his stance on government surveillance. wyden said, quote, "in his public and private statements, chris wrayay failed to oppose government backdoors into americans' personal devices, or to acknowledge the facts about encryption. that it isn't about liberty versus security, it's about more security versus less security." the american civil liberties union also criticized wray in part for his work at the justice department under george w. bush, when he worked with many of the key architects of the u.s. torture program. for more on christopher wray, we are joined by two guests: marcy . marcy wheeler is an independent journalist who covers national security and civil liberties. she runs the website emptywheel.net. and, joining us via democracy now video stream is ec

more of, let harris, kristin gillibrand, seth moulton.hey don't showcase their young talent as much as the republicans did 10 years ago with the paul ryan's and marco rubio's. those optics matter. in the long run, if they develop a candidate who can conduct -- connect to people the way successful ones have. >> the optics are critical. al is absolutely right. part of the object problem the democrats have, if you listen to people when walking around, is the democratic party, the party they belong to and may be voted for barack obama maybe twice, and their parents party and their party for years, they now democrats, a lot of national democrats, pay more attention to the scylla can -- silicon valley than the others. especially donald trump in his fraudulent way, that he did, artfully, but fraudulently during the campaign, managed to without really saying it, identify with a huge, huge percentage of people in this country who suffered grievous losses in 2008 and 2009. they lost jobs, they lost income, they lost retirement savings, they lost th

little less of nancy pelosi, a little less of chuck schumer, more of pamela harris, of kirsten gillibrand, cory booker, seth moulton. they don't showcase their talent as well as the republicans five or ten years ago with the paul ryans and the marco rubios. so i think optics matter and in the long run hope they can develop a candidate who can connect to people the way the successful ones have done in the past. >> the optics are critical, al is absolutely right, and i think part of the optical problem the democrats have, when you listen to people when you're walking around, is the democratic party, the party they belong to and vote for barack obama maybe twice and their parents' party for years and years a lot of the national democrats, they feel, pay more attention to silicon valley and peel a lot of the republicans, especially donald trump in his fraudulent way that he did, artfully but fraudulently during the campaign, is he managed to, without saying it, identify with a huge, huge percentage of people in this country who suffered grievous losses in 2008 and 2009. they lost jobs, they l

that is sponsored by among others the junior senator from new york kirsten gillibrand who i've actually met in the post i look forward to meeting again because i want to explain it to me. and the bill is to criminalize b.d.s. with criminal penalties for people like me there's plenty been talk of a million dollar fines and twenty years in prison as a critic of israel one of the main campaigns against you this powerful lobbying has rolled out is to call you in and eats them. i in the us at the moment if you question the media's obsession with trump's ties to russia you're called a putin apologist if as a journalist you challenge the narrative the media is pushing on the war in syria you're called an assad asked why is it when you start to call out injustice is or inaccuracies in the status quo people are immediately slapped with a label because we're living in one thousand nine hundred four you know when my children were young teenagers i insisted that they read brave new world. you have to read all children should read and oh well that may be a bit of wells maybe maybe says if there was

democrats ed markey, jeff merkley kirsten gillibrand elizabeth warren and ron wyden voted no. we have more live coverage on c-span2 when the senate gaveled in at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. after the failure to pass the health care law replacement bill in the senate a senate committee today announced they have pulled bipartisan hearings on health care policy. we talk about what's next for health care policy with the capitol hill reporter. >> andrew covers congress for the daily east. it looks like the health committee took senator john mccain's advice from the other night and they are going to hold a hearing in september. what changed? >> this announcement took a lot of people by surprise. it was announced at a health committee hearing today which was supposed to be just about nominations and i think now that the repeal the latest iteration of repeal and replace has failed in the senate i think republicans realize in the interim where they're not going to get 50 votes on the repeal and replace legislation they should in the meantime tried stabilize existing insurance markets. >>

cosponsors that are coming aboard every day, senators blumenthal, booker, durbin, jill grand -- gillibrand, harris and cardin. there have been many public labor groups thap have stood up on this issue. including the national hispanic medical association, learning disabilities association of america, farm worker justice, project tender, united farm workers, earth justice, green latinos, labor council for latin america advancement, natural resources defense council, environmental working group, pesticide action network, and there are others. the pesticide registration information act is currently moving through congress. this gives congress the opportunity to address chlorpyrifos use and worker protection. this bill is a good start for those discussions. mr. president, i yield the floor.