Senator Kirsten Gillibrand doesn’t shy away from a big fight.

In just her first term in the Senate, Kirsten led the effort to repeal the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which banned LGBTQ people from serving openly in the military. And she passed the historic 9/11 health bill, which ensured that first responders and 9/11 survivors got the health care they deserved. More recently, she passed major legislation to give benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits overseas, passed the first-ever federal law making domestic gun trafficking a crime, and reformed the military justice system on behalf of our nation’s service members.

She also wrote and passed the STOCK Act to ban members of Congress and their families from insider trading. And she was the first member of Congress ever to post a daily report listing her official meetings, earmark requests, and personal financial disclosures online for public consumption.

As a working mother, Senator Gillibrand continues to put the challenges that working families face front and center. That’s why she’s currently leading the fight to provide every working person in America with paid leave.

She is chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, and she also serves on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Agriculture Committee, and Senate Aging Committee.

Senator Gillibrand’s home is in Albany, New York, where she grew up. She and her husband Jonathan have two boys, Theo and Henry, and a labradoodle, Maple.