As Congress was coming up with an agreement to end
the government shutdown and make sure our country was able to pay our bills,
Senator Gillibrand had a little setback of her own this week. According to the Roll Call Senator Gillibrand
got many looks from reporters as she walked off the Senate floor after a
vote using crutches. Senator Gillibrand stated to reporters “It is one hell of
a story, but I am not going to tell you about it.” Then later a spokesperson for Kirsten Gillibrand
stated how she loves to exercise and never skips a day going to the gym; she
did something to her calf and will probably be on crutches for about two weeks.
The article mentions that any injury for Kirsten Gillibrand can have major
implications since she is captain of
the Women’s Congressional Softball Team and is one of the best female athletes
in Congress. Last year, during the 2013 charity softball game Senator Gillibrand
hit two home runs. Everyone is hoping she
recovers from her injury quickly because the softball team needs her this year.
Senator
Gillibrand in a quote on her facebook page after the shutdown ended pushed the need
for Bipartisanship in Washington. She
said in her quote “the completely unnecessary Shutdown that we finally ended last night cost our nation 24
billion and 6 percent of GDP growth. My hope is that congress can now come to a
long term budget agreement so we can stop going from manufactured crisis to
manufactured crisis.” Senator Gillibrand later in the week when she went home
to New York showed how Bipartisanship can work by appearing in two separate
venues with New York’s 19th District Republican Congressman Chris
Gibson. One event was in Acra New York
at the Acroforesty Resource Center discussing the issue of Lyme disease. According to the Daily Freemen News, Senator Gillibrand and Congressman Gibson
talked about a bill they are introducing together to increase awareness for Lyme disease and improving diagnosis and treatments of
tick-borne illnesses. According to a News Clip done by YNN Hudson Valley,
Senator Gillibrand and Congressmen Gibson are showing how to work together
between parties in a time our country is more divided than ever. YNN also mentions that both these politicians
have a long history of working together across party lines. Chris Gibson said
in a quote, “Yes we are different parties, but we are Americans first.” Also
Congressmen Gibson mentioned how he worked with Senator Gillibrand on many
issues. Senator Gillibrand said in a quote “It shouldn’t be unusual. This is
what the public asks of us, what the American people demand. What New Yorkers
need is members of Congress who work together to solve this problems.” This is a
link to YNN clip. (http://hudsonvalley.ynn.com/content/news/701197/democrats-and-republicans-working-together/)
Senator
Gillibrand and Chris Gibson also toured Flounders Factory a heating a cooling
unit factory in Upstate New York. According to The Register Star, after
the tour both of them, in a private meeting discussed the military sexual
assault bill that Senator Gillibrand is working so hard to pass in
Congress. The article states Congressmen
Gibson is in support of her work on this bill and the two members of congress
had a very civil conversation.
Congressmen Gibson said in a quote “Without question sexual assault has
no place in our military.” He also stated he supports the bill because we need
to do everything possible to protect our members of the military.
Only
time will tell if Senator Gillibrand’s willingness to show how bipartisanship
and working across the aisle can be done at home will spread to the hill. Also,
if this, as any political motive of Senator Gillibrand will have an effect since
she is one of the possible choices on the list for presidential candidates in
2016 if Hilary Clinton decides not to run.
(//www.registerstar.com/news/article_7a43f636-3875-11e3-abe0-0019bb2963f4.htm)
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