what does senator kirsten gillibrand say now? >>> "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible by the margaret and daniel lobe foundation, robert greneri, charles r. schwab, the david tepper charitable foundation, inc., the fair weather foundation. craig newmark philanthropies, and by corporate funding is provided by stevens, inc. >>> senator kirsten gillibrand, welcome to "firing line." >> thank you. >> senator, let's start with president biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure package. most americans think of roads and bridges when they hear the world "infrastructure." you're a mother of two teen sons and you recently tweeted paid leave is infrastructure, child care is infrastructure, caregiving is infrastructure. explain. >> well, the way i see infrastructure is it's what's necessary to get the economy moving. and we traditionally look at things like roads and bridges and sewer systems. now we look at things like high-speed rail or a better electric grid or rural broadband. that's in my mind the hard infrastructure but the

kirsten gillibrand holds the new york senate seat was filled by her political idol, hillary clinton. she has been called the me too senator for speaking out against sexual assault in the military, and holding colleagues accountable for sexual harassment allegations. >> our governors lost the support of most of his governing partners we make times, taking heat. >> it is not easy, is not expedient, it's not politically helpful to make is difficult. but i value women. >> gillibrand remains focused on her work for veterans and american families. with democrats in control of congress and questions about whether the me too movement has stalled, what does senator kirsten gillibrand say now? >> fire early on is made possible in part by the margaret and daniel loeb foundation; charles r schwab; the david tepper charitable foundation inc. >> the fair weather foundation; craig newmark philanthropies; corporate funding provided by stevens. >> senator kirsten gillibrand, welcome to finding line. >> thank you. >> center, start with president biden's 2.3 trillion dollar infrastructure package. most

we forgot about kirsten gillibrand. then we saw the tweets. it's amazing tweet, support of the bite infrastructure build. if paid leave his infrastructure. because aleve is infrastructure. caregiving is infrastructure. caregiving is infrastructure? because caregiving is infrastructure what is infrastructure? could kirsten gillibrand be infrastructure? she is in a way. she's a bridge, you never notice her until you run into her and get hurt. she's a rusting trestle, i'm infrastructure says kirsten gillibrand. like a lot of the infrastructure, she should be replaced. you think of bill gates and you look at some guy who made billions creating super clunky software, you did not realize that bill gates doesn't think of himself that way. bill gates doesn't think of himself as some guy who got super rich making bad software, he thinks of himself as god. controlling the solar system and that's why bill gates backing son dimming technology causing global cooling. that's not fraud risk risks. of talk about gain of function research on pathogens was dang

could kirsten gillibrand be infrastructure? you never really noticed her until you kind of run into her and get hurt. i am infrastructure says kirsten gillibrand. like a lot of our infrastructure, she should be replaced. so, when you think of bill gates, he's a a guy who made billions with corporate software. bill gates doesn't think of himself that way. bill gates doesn't think of himself who got super rich. he thinks of himself as god. he controls the solar system. and that is why he is back in something called sun dimming technology that would reflect sunlight of the earth's atmosphere causing global cooling. that's not fraught with risk. you thought pathogens was dangerous. scientists are testing that technology by spewing calcium carbonate dust into the atmosphere. >> bill gates is back in the first high-altitude experiment creating a massive chemical cloud. it is called solo geo engineering. it would look something like this. thousands of planes would fly very high and inject millions of tons of light reflecting particles

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. >> reporter: new legislation from new york senator kirsten gillibrand would make the process easier, requiring a veteran to prove only they were deployed in an area where burn pits were used in order to qualify for help from the va. >> if you get any of these diseases, any of these cancer that's are known to be linked with the kind of toxins that are emitted, that you are presumptively covered and you will receive the health care benefits that you've earned. >> reporter: her bill has bipartisan support. republican senator marco rubio is a co-sponsor. >> no more bureaucratic studies. no more bureaucratic red tape. >> reporter: and it has some star power attached too. >> the worst case scenario is that we grant health care to a veteran suffering a terrible disease. >> reporter: jon stewart joined the cause two years ago, seeing parallels in his battle to create permanent benefits for 9/11 first responders. >> this is the true cost of war. don't make the veterans pay for your budgeting error. if you didn't put this into the total price, that's on you. not on the families. not on the ve

joining me now, democratic senator kirsten gillibrand of new york and joni ernst. good to have you here. senator ernst, you have resisted a change like this for years. what changed? >> i have. starting years ago, of course, i served in the military. i was a commander. so i understand how important this issue has been for military commanders and the desire to keep these types of decisions within the military chain of command. but i'm also a survivor of sexual assault and i have done everything i can think of in the past six years, in my first term of office to work within the existing structure and system to do better for sexual assault survivors. we are not seeing a dent in the numbers. and after the report that came from ft. hood this last year, we saw very toxic leadership climate that allowed horrible things to happen. and we have to see a shift. senator gillibrand, be who has been a very dear friend of mine and a relentless advocate on this issue, she approached me again this year. we sat down and thought let work through this. let find a way forward that will

gillibrand, also u.s. senator, announced that everything is infrastructure, assumable even her. sadie cortez thought this and said to come i need my own big idea. according to congresswoman cortez everything is climate change. >> the climate crisis is a crisis born of injustice, and the crisis born of pursuit of profit at any and all human and ecological costs. which means that we must recognize the legislation that the trampling of indigenous rights is a cause of climate change, that the trampling of racial justice is a climate change because we are allowing people and we are allowing ourselves to make sure -- we are allowing folks to deny ourselves human rights and the right to health care and housing education. >> tucker: is obviously the worst thing we did in this country was given ashlar's degree is to dumb people, especially dumb aggressive people, that's what we get. mark steyn isn't originally from this country but he has a clearer picture. it turns out that climate change to indigenous rights of i

kirsten gillibrand i have worked with. sexual assault in the military continues. i think this kind of bold change is what is needed to break that cycle. >> i appreciate out the shout out to the senator. she was lonely voice when we were covering the hearings. i want to talk about your book "heart of fire" dedicated to your mother who was escaping an abusive husband. talk about how she inspired you on your advocacy to infire women and children. >> my mother brought us to this drount create a better life for ourselves. she was so persevering to do that. so for her to speak up for people who have -- very humble beginnings. a social safety net to protect us. this experience really showed me the kinds of things that i needed to fight for. i always remember where i came from, who i fight for and why. >> the pictures in your book are extraordinary as well, about the path that you took. i also want to ask you about president biden's decision, at least to now, keep the trump era cap on refugees at 15,000. >> he has changed his mind because he heard from a lot of people --

did you see kirsten gillibrand's tweets. it took a frenzy on the internet how they are trying to rebrand a term to jam whatever they want in congress. >> john: and president biden is looking out for the little guy with his tax hikes, but when it comes to his argument, the numbers do not add up. our economic panel is standing by and ready to go. ♪ ♪ what you need? i mean it... uh-oh, sorry... oh... what? i'm an emu! no, buddy! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ - [announcer] welcome to intelligent indoor grilling with the ninja foodi smart xl grill. just pick your protein, select your doneness, and let the grill monitor your food. it also turns into an air fryer. bring outdoor grilling flavors indoors with the grill that grills for you. at novartis, our goal is to help keep cosentyx accessible and affordable. if you're taking cosentyx and your insurance or coverage changes or you need help paying cosentyx connect is here to help. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before startin

gillibrand for this tweet, child care is infrastructure, caregiving is infrastructure. senator ted cruz chimed in with this, "abortion is infrastructure. gun control is infrastructure. whatever the left wants is infrastructure. only 5% of biden's infrastructure bill is roads and bridges. "unicorns are infrastructure, love is infrastructure, everything is infrastructure. love is nice, power panel, we are watching something about to happen at the white house with gun control, does the vice president and president one out. if that happens we will go to it, momentarily. he said you can use whatever words he wants. the key is we are looking at transportation and workforce. how we do light rails, these are things that are part of infrastructure because it's how we move and drive. other things, talking about child care and eldercare, a third of the workforce leaves the workforce because of those two things. do you want to count that as part of the workforce, i don't care what you call it but there are things that influence how we live and work. >> this is not infrastructure, s

kirsten gillibrand, "paid leave his infrastructure, child care's infrastructure, caregiving's infrastructure." no, senator, it's not infrastructure. but you know what is infrastructure? yeah, the keystone xl pipeline project that you killed, the dakota pipeline. energy resources in ny or alaska. when, joe, are you going to apologize for destroying those six-figure career hardworking jobs for american energy workers? it's just one of the many reasons the biden administration has to lie to you, to we the american people, as they are getting more desperate by the day. because biden and even pete buttigieg now caught this week saying delma claiming the package would cost have 19 billionjobs. what that's why he kept felling on the stairs, that was a lie. number included 16.3 billion jobs that moody's project it would be added even if biden's infrastructure proposal never became the law. oh, biden, he's just off a mere 16 million jobs on that lie. like clockwork, rather than admit obvious mistakes, democrats do what they always do. when all else fails, play the race car. they do it every two years

gillibrand and republican senator marco rubio along with you promoting this bill. president biden says he believes a burn pit might have cause his son beau's fatal brain cancer. are we in a moment? is there enough unity in congress to get this bill passed into law? >> i truly hope so because this is sort of a moral imperative. this is the cost of war when you send people overseas. you have to be prepared for taking care of the consequences of that service on those veterans. you know, these families are almost made to be defendants in court cases on their own health conditions. it's bizarre, especially since the v.a. itself, the statute is even if there's reasonable doubt that it's not service connected, reasonable doubt, the benefits still goes to the veteran and that's why presumption i think is the only way to do it. >> this process -- your husband fighting cancer while fighting the v.a., i can't even imagine how horrible this has been for you and your family. >> it's actually a fight that i'm -- i've taken on after his passing because we did not know until only

far left new york senator, kirsten gillibrand. child care is infrastructure. caregiving is infrastructure. no, senator, it's not infrastructure. but hey, joe, you know what is infrastructure? yeah, the keystone xl pipeline project you killed. the dakota pipeline. energy resources in alaska. when, joe, are you going to apologize for destroying the six-figure career hardworking jobs for american energy workers? now, is just one of the many reasons the biden administration has to lie to you, towhee, the american people and they are getting more desperate by the day. and even pete buttigieg now was caught this week falsely claiming that the package would create 19 million jobs. that was a lie too, just like joe got blown over by the wind three times and that is why he kept falling on the stairs getting up to air force one. that was a lie. the number, by the way included 16.3 million jobs that he projected would be added, even if his infrastructure proposal never became the law. he was just off a mere 16 million jobs on that lie. like clockwork, rather than admit o

gillibrand getting really mocked, brutally on the internet, saying paid family leave is on infrastructure. so pennies and rainbows are infrastructure too? >> everything is infrastructure now. because this is a infrastructure bill we don't know how many trains will leave the station and let's throw absolutely everything on there. members of congress are guilty of that. the biden administration is guilty of that. they're trying to low a 400 billion-dollar medicaid expansion in this bill. we can argue whether it's a good idea or bad idea but it is certainly not infrastructure. adding on labor provisions on this bill that eviscerate 27 states right to work laws. you can say that is a good thing or bad thing but no way that is infrastructure. progressives on the hill like aoc are saying the bill is far too small. they want a 10 trillion-dollar bill, that opens up floodgates for everything they want to do. elizabeth: gotcha. let's listen to president biden doing the new democrat party line, stretching the definition of infrastructure. watch this. >> i'm prepared to work, i really am but to auto

gillibrand and now head of the judiciary committee dick dermot. they have sent out amicus brief to the court threatening the justices saying if you take up this gun rights case out of new york, we will restructure the court. so this group, this handful of senators threatened the court with packing. and it was so bad, in fact, that sam alito called them out on it. so that's what they are trying to do. and it actually worked. because the chief justice joined the liberals and backed away from ruling on that new york gun case. so this is what they are up to. they are trying to basically intimidate the justices about what cases they take up to not make rulings that would help conservatives, if you will. but this party, i call them -- these democrats the party of ariewk assault. spoiled brats, i want it and i want it now. >> dana: amicus is my safe word. [laughter] >> greg: terrible. all right. coming up, you don't even know what a safe word is, dana. >> dana: i watch billions, i know. >> greg: agitators haunting police with a pighead and the mayor bein

>> we saw the senator from new york, kirsten gillibrand say that care give something infrastructure. i suspect you will see all kinds of new definitions of infrastructure as the weeks roll on, but i think the average american, when they hear infrastructure, they hear highways bridges, i would accept train travel might be infrastructure. but certainly care giving and lots of other pet from projects that will no doubt be put in this bill, i think it's a stretch to call it infrastructure. charles: yeah, yeah. we're talking trains, they better be talking high-speed trains not extending amtrak. china is way ahead of high-speed rail. talk about jamie dimon's letter. it cover ad wide spectrum of things, including washington, d.c. he said it is appropriate to blame u.s. leaders for our dysfunctional government. he talked about saying we're stymied by self-interest, selfishness build up of bureaucratic plaque and sclerosis. it is hard to argue with him about this. >> it is hard to argue but he says action in washington what helped us to be in the strong position we are financially. i think he

kirsten gillibrand holds the new york senate seat was filled by her political idol, hillary clinton. she has been called the me too senator for speaking out against sexual assault in the military, and holding colleagues accountable for sexual harassment allegations. >> our governors lost the support of most of his governing partners we make times, taking heat. >> it is not easy, is not expedient, it's not politically helpful to make is difficult. but i value women. >> gillibrand remains focused on her work for veterans and american families. with demts

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. >> reporter: new york's kirsten gillibrand hope to make it easier in order to qualify for help from the va. >> if you get any diseases any cancers that are linked to toxins that were emitted that you are presumptively covered and you will receive the health care benefits that you've earned. >> reporter: the bill has bipartisan support. marco rubio is a co-sponsor. >> no more bureaucratic studies. no more bureaucratic red tape. >> reporter: and it has some star power attached to it, too. >> the worst case scenario is that we grant health care to say veteran suffering a terrible disease. >> reporter: jon stewart seeing parallels to benefits for 9/11 first responders. >> this is the true cost of war, don't make the veterans pay for your budgeting error. if you didn't put this into the total price, that's on you. not on the families. not on the veterans. that's on the government. >> reporter: what is your message to lawmakers because they've listened to you in the past? >> congress is a wonderful place to wave a flag. well, you can't just say we support the troops and then abandon them

kirsten gillibrand of new york said child care is infrastructure. a list of things, mayonnaise is infrastructure. the ability to create, harvest, refine, distribute, our nation's primary energy source. what would joe biden's policies do to the people that work in that industry. a look back what joe biden had to say on climate change and jobs. >> we're dealing with this existential threat to the planet and increasing our economic growth and prosperity are one in the same. when i think of climate change i think, answers to it i think of jobs. it is about jobs. good-paying union jobs. it is about workers, building our economy back better than before. it's a whole government approach, to put climate change at the center of our domestic, national security an foreign policy. pete: so climate change is at the center. you worship at the altar of climate change n service of that other things need to go away like the keystone xl pipeline, things like fracking, old school energy sources an jobs tied and tethered to them. part of what you know, well you set up