WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following statement on Aug. 8, 2023: * * * Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on Ohio voters rejecting a ballot initiative that would raise the threshold for amending the state's constitution: "Tonight voters in Ohio soundly rejected this undemocratic ballot initiative that would have impeded efforts to codify women's reproductive freedom in the Ohio Constitution. "Across the country, in places li  more