gillibrand: mr. president. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mrs. gillibrand: mr. president, my colleague has made some serious misstatements and allegations in his remarks. i have never said white commanders are racist, nor would i ever. in fact, all i have done is cite three years of evidence published by the department of defense about disparities in sentencing and punishment. with the marines, for example, having 2.61 times more likely to be punished for black service members versus white service members. it's d.o.d. data, it's d.o.d. information. but as the senator knows, this bill was written eight years ago, and the reason it was written with a bright line was for three reasons. the first is that our allies already have done this. they created a bright line of felonies for both plaintiffs and defendants' rights. the u.k., israel, canada, germany, netherlands, and australia. they did this because they believed service members deserve basic civil liberties that commander is not a trained lawyer. they thought a trained military prosecutor should make those deci

senator gillibrand knows this. he said, she said kind of accusations that often have at the heart of these horrible crimes, and to have that for men and women so there's no pink court there, by the way, to have that class of cases removed from the chain of command, for all the reasons she and others have been arguing. if that is the result tomorrow, i think it will get strong bipartisan support and support from the administration. unfortunately, mr. president, that is not where the bill is, as she is now indicating, this bill would remove all crimes. all felonies. one year in jail, anything. a bar fight, anything in, in terms of the commander's ability to have good order and discipline, all of that under this legislation would be covered. one-year felony. and this is, in many people's view, in my view, certainly, the chairman of the committee's view, the ranking member's view and many others, this is a hugely broad reworking of the ucmj. probably one of the most dramatic reworkings of the uniform code of military j

gillibrand: mr. president. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mrs. gillibrand: mr. president, my colleague has made some serious misstatements and allegations in his remarks. i have never said white commanders are racist, nor would i ever. in fact, all i have done is cite three years of evidence published by the department of defense about disparities in sentencing and punishment. with the marines, for example, having 2.61 times more likely to be punished for black service members versus white service members. it's d.o.d. data, it's d.o.d. information. but as the senator knows, this bill was written eight years ago, and the reason it was written with a bright line was for three reasons. the first is that our allies already have done this. they created a bright line of felonies for both plaintiffs and defendants' rights. the u.k., israel, canada, germany, netherlands, and australia. they did this because they believed service members deserve basic civil liberties that commander is not a trained lawyer. they thought a trained military prosecutor should make those deci

gillibrand: mr. president, i rise today to once again call for every senator to have the opportunity to vote on a generational bill to fix how the military deals with sexual assault and other serious crimes. it's the military justice improvement and increasing prevention act. this bill will ensure that men and women who serve in our military have the opportunity for basic justice, basic civil liberties and basic protection under the law. i want to start by recognizing the monumental advance towards military justice reform made during our senate workweeks. the independent review commission on sexual assault in the comilt released their recommendations which included removing the prosecution of sexual assault and related crimes from the chain of command. it's a historic sign of progress after decades of obstruction. the secretary of defense has agreed with the commission's findings that the removal of sexual assault prosecutions from the chain of command and the professionalization of the military just

so, senator gillibrand and i really want to see a vote on the floor of the senate. now, this would require leader schumer and leader mcconnell to work together and establish floor time for debate. we would love to see that. we know that we have overwhelming support. we have got 66 co-sponsors on this bill. so overwhelming support. i don't know that that's going to happen in the time that we have this year, that's up to, again, leader schumer to determine that. but likely it will go through the national defense authorization process. of course, it's not the legislation is not being supported by reed or inhofe. i would anticipate they would try and strip it down to a bare minimum. that is not what our survivors need in our military justice system. >> gillibrand, i would assume, has a good relationship with schumer, her fellow new york democrat. has she talked to him about getting this on the floor? >> i don't believe she has talked to him, but i don't think they have the details ironed out yet. and i think it is worthy of a stand-alone vote on the floor of the united

you mention the senator kristen gillibrand, her efforts on sexual assault in military. i saw her speak on the floor of the u.s. senate. i think that bill is moving along and i asked our producer to do a little search where that bill stands in the senate. they've not taken it up on the floor as far as i know. but it may be part of the defense authorization measure that will come up before the senate. i did see her speak last week specifically about that -- about that measure and that issue. thanks for your call this morning. we hear from akron, ohio, next. go ahead. >> caller: hi. 7% of america is vegan or vegetarian. there's 25 million americans, we have republicans who don't want vaccines. three times as many vegans are democrat or independent. we as vegans do not want vaccines which contain lipids from cows and pigs. lipids are animal fats. vaccines contain monkey brain cells, cells from chickens, sharks, horseshoe crabs, fireflies. whenever someone tries to mandate a vaccine, that person is violating vegans and religion which don't eat cows or pigs such as hindu, mus

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gillibrand: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mrs. gillibrand: i request unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. gillibrand: mr. president, i rise today to once again call for every senator to have the opportunity to consider and cast a vote for the military justice improvement and increasing prevention act. the bill would remove all serious crimes except for military-specific crimes out of the chain of command and give it to trained military prosecutors to decide whether or not to move that case to trial. making that change would end days of asking commanders who are not trained lawyers to make complex legal decisions in cases where they often know both the accuser and the accused. that change is necessary. it's necessary because the current military justice system is simply not delivering justice, especially not to service members of color. i'm proud that our legislation has recently won the dormant of our -- endors

you make it work and they talk about how senator gillibrand gave me good advice for boundaries.me boundaries i have set up that you don't mess with and i have also asked my colleagues to abide by them. they have come to respect them and been very supportive so for example, i do not take meetings in person before 9:30 because i get my daughter to school at 9:00. this change during covid. my goal is i am the one who will drive my daughter to school. that is my time with her. and if i have to be -- in california or illinois or singapore or iraq, i will catch the redeye as long as i can make it home so that i can be here to take my daughter to school. david: you can see from talking to you and reading your book, you have an outgoing personality but you had a tragic situation in your life. how do you maintain your optimism and such a friendly outlook? do you regret having gone to iraq? you do not have to go. how do you put that into perspective for people who have not suffered as much? sen. duckworth: i do not regret going to iraq. it is one of the proudest things i've done. as a sol

in the book i talked about how senator gillibrand gave me advice on how to sit -- established boundarieshave some boundaries we don't mess with and i asked my colleagues to abide by them and they have come to respect them and have been very supportive. for example, i do not meet in person before 9:30 because i put my daughter on the school bus and school starts at 9:00. this is changed during covid, obviously. but i am the one who would drive my daughter to school, that is my time with her, and if i have to be in illinois, or california, wherever, singapore, iraq, i don't catch the redeye and i will stay up all night as long as -- i will catch the redeye and date all night as long as i make it home to take my daughter to school. david: from talking to you and reading your book you have an outgoing personality. you had a tragic situation in your life. how do you maintain your optimism and such a friendly outlook? do you regret having gone to iraq because you do not have to go? how do you put that in perspective for people who have not -- suffered as much as you have russian mark --? tammy

democrat senator kristen gillibrand and republican senator lindsey graham teaming up and calling for an end to forced arbitration in sexual assault cases. news broadcaster grifton carlson who helped pioneer the me too movement when she sued fox news saying the time is now to remove all of those things that protect the predators. much more after the break. delicia: this is where all our recycling is sorted -- 1.2 million pounds every day, helping to make san francisco the greenest big city in america. but that's not all you'll find here. there are hundreds of good-paying jobs, with most new workers hired from bayview-hunter's point. we don't just work at recology, we own it, creating opportunity and a better planet. now, that's making a difference. >>> just like everybody, we're all on social media these days. but take a look at this. it is so cool. you see that girl making the little k-cup flip there into the coffee machine? bam. and i love the expression. do you recognize anybody in those eyes? that's our own reporter bob redell's daughter lily. she's quite the talent. >> that's rea

in the book, i talk about how senator gillibrand gave me really good advice to set some boundaries.ve some boundaries that i have set up that we don't mess with. and i have also asked my colleagues to abide by them and they have come to respect them and they have been very supportive. for example, i don't take meetings in person before 9:30 because i put my daughter on the school bus. i get her to school. her school starts at 9:00. this has all changed a little bit during covid, obviously. but, you know, my goal is, i am the one who would drive my daughter to school. that is my time with her. and if i have to be in illinois or california or wherever else, or singapore or iraq, i will catch the redeye and stay up all night as long as i can make it home so i can be here to take my daughter to school. david: you can see obviously from talking to you and reading your book you have a very outgoing personality. but you had a tragic situation in your life. how do you maintain your optimism and such a friendly outlook? i mean, do you regret having gone to iraq? because you did not have to g

the state of texas is waiting, democrats met with kirsten gillibrand and richard blumenthal yesterdaye lawmakers writing on twitter we refuse to go back. >> a democratic congressman arrested her protest at a senate office building, you can see congressional black caucus chairwoman being taken away with her hands tied behind her back, she led the protest demanding passage of the for the people act. the group chanted fight for justice and end the filibuster. capital police confirmed 9 people were arrested for demonstrating in a prohibited area, compared her protest to those of civil rights icons. >> we were in our moment, we felt like john lewis and martin luther king. >> women's rights cofounders joined beatty at the protest. >> the white house facing backlash after jen psaki revealed it is misinformation for facebook. >> serious concerns being in the government's hand in social media censorship. ashley strohmeyer joins us as some ask what could go wrong. >> reporter: these comments from the white house press secretary sparking controversy, take a listen. >> we are in regular touch wit

i need to see senator kristin gillibrand getting arrested like others did. i need senator bernie sanders sitting there getting arrested. i need white members of congress, latino members of congress, asian members of congress. you had asian-americans who were fighting for the anti-hate crime bill. guess what? y'all are impacted, too. i have to give some folks some history here. if you are voting in your native language, when you go vote, you better think black folks, that's the 1965 voting rights act. last week was the 30th anniversary of the american with disabilities act. you don't have that without the 1964 civil rights act. the work of black folks for all these years has helped folks wen it comes to things getting passed. but what has to happen now, you need to have people of all colors showing themselves saying this impacts us, too. you cannot have just black folks protesting. i'll be in texas on tuesday for the march for democracy in tuesday. we'll be livestreaming that. they have people from different backgrounds. that has to happen all across the coun

return to do the state's business, the state of texas is waiting, they met with senator kirsten gillibrandhal on capitol hill yesterday. texas lawmakers writing on twitter, quote, we refuse to go back. carley: democratic congresswoman arrested at a senate office building protest. congressional black caucus chairwoman being taken away with her hands tied behind her back. she led the protest demanding passage of the for the people act, the group chanted fight for justice and end the filibuster. capital police confirmed 9 people were arrested for demonstrating a prohibited area. they compared the protest to those of civil rights icons. >> we were in our moment. we felt like john lewis and martin luther king. carley: women's march cofounders joined beatty at the protest. todd: investigators will question andrew cuomo about the sexual harassment allegations against him. the state attorney general's office signaling the probe is in its final stages. a spokesperson writing a statement continued leaks are more evidence of transparent political motivation of the attorney general's review, cuomo is

he's grateful for the leadership of senator gillibrand, the work of senator ernst, the work of senders. and senator melinda who have worked hard to get this forward. he feels this announcement and the decision by secretary austen is a step forward most of >> there had been a campaign pledge to introduce legislation to and the federal death sentence. ms. psaki: the president felt it was so important that it was a part of his discussion with the attorney general when he talked to him about the job. the today announced there will be a halt in executions while there is an important review in the president feels that's an important step forward. >> some advocates have called it a commute pole. has there been a discussion on that? ms. psaki: there was a review that was just announced but we won't speak to that well it's ongoing. >> there was a wide chasm between what senior leaders are seeing in their commands and what union members experience as a result, trust is broken between. commanders and the service members it's a scathing vote of no-confidence in a predominantly male military leader

he's grateful for the leadership of senator gillibrand, the work of senator ernst, the work of senders. and senator melinda who have worked hard to get this forward. he feels this announcement and the decision by secretary austen is a step forward most of >> there had been a campaign pledge to introduce legislation to and the federal death sentence. ms. psaki: the president felt it was so important that it was a part of his discussion with the attorney general when he talked to him about the job. the today announced there will be a halt in executions while there is an important review in the president feels that's an important step forward. >> some advocates have called it a commute pole. has there been a discussion on that? ms. psaki: there was a review that was just announced but we won't speak to that well it's ongoing. >> there was a wide chasm between what senior leaders are seeing in their commands and what union members experience as a result, trust is broken between. commanders and the service members it's a scathing vote of no-confidence in a predominantly male military leader

. >> senator gillibrand, thank you so much for spending time with us.insights. >>> turning to the other big story on capitol hill, several texas democrats that fled their home state to block a restrictive voting bill met with joe manchin from west virginia, key vote in passing federal voting rights legislation. because senator manchin is a staunch supporter of the filibuster, major roadblock getting laws through the senate 50/50 split. at the same time, back in austin, hundreds of protesters march in front of the texas state capitol against the gop backed voting bill. joining me now, one of those pushing for action. state rep eddie rodriguez. he was briefed about the meeting with senator manchin. state represent, thank you very much for being here. can you tell us a little about what your colleagues heard from senator manchin? >> i handful of senators visited with him, he expressed commitment to protecting voting rights in america and he believes bipartisan voting rights bill can pass. >> what's the mechanism for that. did they talk about the filibuster

i mention those states because senators gillibrand, warren and klobuchar have jumped into if fight, attackingexas as racist. the things this law does there state doesn't allow. chris: in about 30 seconds, susan, where do we stand here? because red states are going to continue, you can you call it new voting restrictions or reimposing what the old rules were, pre-pandemic. the president can't get a federal law through because of republican filibuster in the senate. the supreme court is upholding the law changes, the voting changes in states like arizona. so what does biden and the democrats, what do they do? >> here's the disconnect. you can describe it as the biggest threat to voting, to democracy since the civil war. but democrats are not in a position to actually do anything about it on the federal level or in more than a dozen states that continue to tighten voting laws and change the oversights of elections. you've got an issue, not a solution. it's something democrats will be talking about until the next election. chris: and of course all of these rules could change who actually votes in

first, when you hear that kirsten gillibrand from capitol hill to covid, to climate, with friends likest, no wonder we're on the verge of american marxism. >> there is no question about. you know, we, the people, are going to have to take action ourselves. we cannot rely on the liz cheneys, the romneys, or the others of the world. they are like out of the 150s republican party. they don't understand what swirling around our country today. joe biden and his party are playing for keeps. they are trying to destroy our voting system. have you noticed, pete, that they never show us all these voters who have been denied the right to vote? or all these lawsuits brought under the voting right act 1965. where you have a cause of action if somebody has prevented you from voting because of your race or sex or what have you? have you noticed all the cameras from cnn and nbc and abc in these communities showing us all the people who have been denied the right to vote? this is a big lie. and the democrats work off big lies all the time. the fact of the matter is, we want as many people to vote as po

crew also met with other democrats who applauded their move, including new york senator kirsten gillibrand and senate minority leader chuck schumer, and appeared around capitol hill mostly not wearing masks. again, we don't know the vaccination details on these people, but we do know that more than double the number have tested positive for covid. now, just imagine. and imagination experiment here. the media reaction and what it would be if the people in this scenario where republicans. pete hegseth? >> pete: oh, harris, that's the right place to start. there are some moments when that is exactly the way you need to think about it to understand not just the hypocrisy, this is not hypocrisy, this is the home team. this is the media which has been covid obsessed for a year and a half before they were, of course, trump obsessed completely. they are now happy to completely ignore this example of a blatant -- what do you want to call it? a super spreader event? whatever you want to call it, because it's their team. so they ignore it. as a result, we have to learn about the trickle out and we ar

you mentioned senator gillibrand, her efforts on sexual assault in the military. her speak on the floor of the senate. i thought that bill was moving along and i had our producer do a search on where that bill stands. they have not taken it up on the floor, but it may be part of the defense authorization measure that will come up before the senate. i did see her speak last week, specifically about that measure and that issue. thank you for your call this morning. we hear from ohio next. go ahead. caller: 7% of america is vegan or vegetarian, that is 25 million americans. we have republicans who don't want that. three times as many vegans are democrat or independent. as vegans, we don't want vaccines, vaccines contain brain cells from horseshoe crabs, fireflies. violating vegans -- i know some catholic subject to the fetal cells. host: given your reluctance to get vaccinated, how do you plan to keep yourself safe, especially with the spread of the delta variant of covid? guest: i believe i developed immunity in february of last year when i got covid and everything

>> yes thank you senator gillibrand. the investments we can make in regional food systems have a lot of impact on communities and farmers and food businesses and we know that we've done some work around local food and impacts of local food, and we know the returns to the economic returns, stay with the communities and have a larger economic impact. and there's a lot of data on that, the shows that those returns are good for building and economic base for the community. but my concern is people and social relationships and what happens when we do decentralize. when we can build relationships between farmers and -- and we build the social infrastructure that i talked about earlier. and that social infrastructure is really important and necessary for communities. one of the ways and, i will point out during the pandemic those cities that were able to use existing networks strong networks that had a lot of social cohesion. they were much more effective in getting eight out to people who needed emergency food for instance. th

gillibrand: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mrs. rise once again to call for every senator to have the chance to vote on the military justice improvement increasing prevention act. it's time for us to move serious crimes like sexual assault and murder out of the chain of command and put them in the hands of the most capable people in the military to do this, independent, impartial, highly trained uniformed prosecutors. i want to first acknowledge and express my gratitude to my colleagues in the armed services subcommittee on personnel who

stand with these families in 2018 when i introduced, with the help of senators cornyn, schumer, gillibrand, murphy, and menendez, a resolution urging that documents related to the september 11 attack be declassified to the greatest extent possible. that resolution passed the united states senate unanimously , unanimously because all of us recognize that the survivors and the families of the fallen and the american people deserved answered, the truth about what happened on september 11. who was behind it? who supported it? who aided and abetted? and who was complicit in enabling that handful of terrorists to do such devastating attack and unspeakable horror on this nation. and many of us have stood with those families to ensure that the 9/11 families not only get their day in court, but are also able to go to court with all the evidence they need to have a fair chance to prove their case. i've asked questions at oversight hearings, including of director wray of the f.b.i. i've sought commitments from nominees like attorney general garland, and i've written letter after letter after letter w

i have called jill, schumer, i have -- i have called gillibrand, schumer, reid. no answer. i called blank field, the cochair of the people living with disabilities caucus, and one is referred back -- i was happy to hear the woman earlier who said she was optimistic. i am for her too, but let me make the point. we cannot put old wine into new wineskins, or as the kids like, my new update, you don't put old coffee grinds into a new filter. host: we will leave it there but thank you very much. you have been a regular listener and viewer of this program and hope you continue. thank you and be well. dave in orlando saying good morning. i think the economy will come back. hopefully our politicians will work and get the usa back on track. to plano, texas next. good morning. caller: hi. good morning. i would like to chime in on what is going on. i listen to -- i listened to the president's speech, and for a long time, corporations have been getting away with giving people the wages, making billions of dollars in profits, and you think about the real estate collapse a few years back

. >>> on the senate floor, democratic senator kirsten gillibrand asked unanimous consent for the senatelitary justice system by removing the chain of command from serious crimes, including sexual assault. the republican senator dan sullivan rejected it saying it

gillibrand: i rise today to once again call for every senator to have the chance to consider and castote on the military justice improvement and increasing prevention act. this bill would ensure that people in the military who have been subjected to sexual assault or other serious crimes get the justice they deserve. i know that my colleague from oklahoma, the ranking member of the committee of the armed services, reached out to our military chiefs for their thoughts on this bill. while there was, as army general james mcconville wrote, recognition, quote, that there are concerns with the way our current process pursues justice for major crimes, i understand they also have concerns about this legislation that i would like to allay those concerns today. more broadly, the service chief's letters all seem to indicate a misunderstanding of how fundamental this change would be. marine court colonel burger wrote it appears to be a more complex system that could potentially slow the militaries justice process and space force general john raymond wrote the proposed changes add a layer of comp

on the senate floor, kirsten gillibrand ask unanimous consent for a bill that would make changes to theom serious crimes. republican senator dan sullivan rejected the request, saying that debate should continue before being considered by the senate. here are their remarks. >> mister president, -- senator from new york >> i rise once again, to call that every senator who had the chance, but on the military justice act, it is time for us to move serious crimes, like sexual assault and murder out of the chain of command and put them in the hands of the most capable people in the military, to do this. independent,

gillibrand: thank you, madam president. i rise again to call for every senator to have the chance to vote on our bill, the military justice improvement increasing prevention act. it's time to move the most serious crimes like sexual assault and murder out of the chain of command and put them in the hands of the most capable people in the military, independent, impartial, highly trained uniformed prosecutors. this is an issue that deserves urgency. i began calling for a full floor vote since may 24. since that time an estimated 3,136 service members will have been raped or sexually assaulted and more will have been victims of other serious crimes. while i'm heartened to see after many years of pushing for reform the growing numbers of our colleagues, the department of defense, and the president have acknowledged that we must move sexual assault and related crimes like domestic violence out of the chain of command, but it's simply not enough. i ask my colleagues to consider what it truly means to have a special victim prosecu

gillibrand: mr. president, i suggest an absence of a quorum. mrs. gillibrand: mr. president, i withdraw my suggestion of an absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: i thank the senator. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 193, tiffany p. cunningham, of illinois, to be united states circuit judge for the federal circuit, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived, the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of tiffany p. cunningham, of illinois, to be united states federal judge for the federal circuit, shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 63. the nays 34. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomin