Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 50, a daughter Maile Pearl Bowlsbe, on 9 April 2018. Child's father is her husband, Bryan W. Bowlsbey. First US senator to give birth while in office.
[on President Trump's decision to ban transgender people from military service]When my Black Hawk helicopter was shot down in Iraq, I didn't care if the American troops risking their lives to help save me were gay, straight, transgender or anything else. All that mattered was they didn't leave me behind.