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Kirsten Gillibrand: “Only about half of Americans have passports.”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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N.Y. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Trump, 2026 elections and more | Full Interview 3.15.26

Published | Video Starts at 06:39

And so that would mean I would have to go get a new birth certificate that matches my married name in time and receive it in time to vote. Only about half of Americans have passports. And if you've changed your name, the other thing that's not good enough is military id. All our veterans, all our men and women who are deployed, those military IDs that they use for everything, is not good enough. (06:39–06:43)

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Asserts that approximately half of Americans possess passports.

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