gillibrand
-
06.24.11
Schumer, Gillibrand And Meeks Announce V.A. Abandons Plan To Allow Private Development At St. Albans Veteran's Facility
United States Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand, and Congressman Gregory Meeks announced today that after a meeting with officials from the US Depart...Read More
-
06.23.11
Women WIN Jobs Act Means Higher Wages, More Employment Opportunities
In the wake of the Supreme Court's damaging Wal-Mart employment discrimination case, Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO), Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Congresswoman...Read More
-
06.23.11
Schumer, Gillibrand Push To Include SUNY In National Domestic Preparedness Consortium; Reintroduce Legislation To Expand Reach of SUNY's Expertise To Emergency Personnel Nationwide
Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand reintroduced legislation to make the State University of New York (SUNY) a member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC), a partnership of several organizations meant to enhance the emergency preparedn...Read More
-
06.23.11
Gillibrand Applauds President For Releasing Oil From Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Today, at the urging of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and her colleagues, President Obama decided to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). In a letter earlier this year to the President, Senator Gillibrand delineated the ur...Read More
-
06.21.11
Gillibrand Statement On Senate Confirmation Of Leon Panetta As Secretary Of Defense
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after voting to confirm Leon Panetta as the next Secretary of Defense: Read More
-
06.21.11
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Corning-Painted Post Airport Set To Receive Over $190,000 In Department Of Transportation Funding For Snow Removal Equipment
Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that Corning-Painted Post Airport is set to receive $192,064 in U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) funds for airport facility upgrades. Specifically, the grant will allow Corning-Painted Post Airport to...Read More
-
06.21.11
With Jobs Growing In Advanced Manufacturing, Gillibrand Announces "Made In America" Grants To Bolster High-Tech Manufacturing In New York
While New York has lost a total of more than 123,000 manufacturing jobs since 2005, advanced and high-tech manufacturing jobs are thriving. Computer and electronic manufacturing industries increased employment by 9 percent from 2004 to 2008. To spark more growth in high-tech manufac...Read More
-
06.21.11
Bipartisan Group Of Senators Calls On Veterans Affairs To Do More To Prevent Veteran Suicides
A bipartisan group of six Senators called on Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to do more to stem the "unacceptable" level of suicides among veterans currently estimated to be 18 per day. The call came in a letter sent to the Administration...Read More
-
06.20.11
Gillibrand Statement On Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Wal-Mart Ruling
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision today to overturn the lower court's ruling that would have allowed more than one million women to proceed with a cla...Read More
-
06.20.11
New Crime Fighting Resources Coming To Newburgh As Schumer, Gillibrand and Hinchey Announce HIDTA Designation For Orange County
- The City of Newburgh will soon receive new tools to combat the drug crime and gang violence. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today announced that Orange County has re...Read More
