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Now a monthly call your senator segment.

My questions and yours for Senator Kirsten Jillibrand.

And with so much going on that I know many of you will want to ask about, we'll open the phones right away at 212-433.

WNYC, 212, 433-9-692, call or text.

Senator Gillibrand with your questions.

We'll mostly favor actual constituents of hers in New York, as we always do, but other people

may call or text with your questions to.

212-433, WNYC, 433-9-6-92.

Senator, always good of you to be accessible like this.

Welcome back to WNYC.

Thank you.

How are you?

I'm okay, thank you.

I see you just became a member of the very important Senate Appropriations Committee.

In that context, then congratulations, do you have an opinion about ways that the Trump administration has been

unilaterally canceling funding streams like foreign aid and others that were passed by Congress

and signed into law? Well, I think what he's doing is actually illegal. Congress has the power of the purse,

and we on behalf of our constituents make decisions about how to invest in our states to make sure that

people who are hungry get food, to make sure people who need affordable housing can get housing,

to make sure our law enforcement and our firefighters have the

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