Kirsten Gillibrand

Like all Americans, I will never forget where I was the morning of the 9/11 attacks.

When we create hope and opportunity in the lives of others, we allow love, decency and promise to triumph over cowardice and hate.

For many of the brave men and women who have fought on the front lines, returning home means trying to navigate a complicated and bureaucratic Veterans Administration benefits system.

We discovered a mechanism which is like the garbage machine of the body. We need to remove damaged proteins and create new ones in their place, and we discovered the machine that does this.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

Buildings are forms of performances.