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The New Washington

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

The New Washington

The New York Times

News, Politics

4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Ms. Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, is one of the leaders behind a charge to overhaul policies on sexual harassment on Capitol Hill. She spoke to The New York Times’s Jennifer Steinhauer about her own experience with harassment, power dynamics, President Bill Clinton and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

From the New York Times, this is the new Washington.

0:03.4

I'm Michael Bar Morrow.

0:04.8

Today, Senator Kirsten Jill Brandt.

0:07.2

And Hillary Clinton is our speaker, and she looks out into the room,

0:12.2

and she says,

0:13.0

decisions are made every day in Washington.

0:16.0

And if you are not involved in those decisions

0:18.0

and you don't like what they decide,

0:20.0

you have no one to blame but yourself.

0:22.0

I realize that for many New Yorkers,

0:24.9

this is the first time you've heard my name

0:27.4

and you don't know much about me.

0:28.8

Many here don't believe the victims.

0:30.8

They don't believe the victims.

0:32.1

This shows that they is still not good

0:34.6

order and discipline in our military and it shows that our system is broken because

0:39.2

it protects predators. It fails to protect victims.

0:46.0

I'm honored now to introduce my colleague on the Senate side,

0:50.0

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from the great state of New York.

0:54.0

Thank you.

0:56.0

All of us rely on extraordinary staff members to help us accomplish the work that our constituents elect us to do.

1:03.2

They're talented, they're passionate about public service,

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