Press Releases
Gillibrand, Casey Push For Restoration Of Major Cuts In Federal Anti-Terror Funding
Washington, DC -U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Robert Casey (D-PA) today called for restoration of major cuts in homeland security funding for the nation's transportation and port security systems in the upcoming fiscal year 2011. Last fiscal year, anti-terror funding for each of these programs was cut by nearly $100 million from the previous year's funding level of $400 million per program. In a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Senators requested funding be … Continue Reading
July 07, 2010
After New Reports That Lockerbie Bomber Still Alive, Gillibrand, Schumer, Lautenberg, Menendez Urge British Government To Investigate Release Of Libya’s Convicted Terrorist
With new reports that Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi is still alive nearly a year after the cancer-stricken terrorist was released on compassionate grounds based on medical evaluation that he had only three months left to live, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) are urging the British government to conduct a full investigation into the Scottish court's decision to release the convicted terrorist. The … Continue Reading
July 07, 2010
Senator Gillibrand And Congressman Tim Bishop Join With Sustainable Long Island And Long Island Farm Bureau To Launch Seasonal Job Program For Local Students
North Bellport, NY - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Tim Bishop joined Sustainable Long Island and the Long Island Farm Bureau to launch a new seasonal jobs program for local students in Roosevelt and North Bellport. The Community Youth Farmers' Market program will create two youth-run farmers' markets, which will create seasonal jobs for local high school students while making more fresh fruits and vegetables available in underserved communities. Senator Gillibrand is the … Continue Reading
July 06, 2010
Standing At The Thomas P. Ryan Community Center, Gillibrand And Duffy Announce New Agenda To Combat Gang Activity
Rochester, NY - Standing at the Thomas P. Ryan Community Center, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy today announced a new agenda to combat gang activity, keep at-risk youth out of gangs, and keep communities safe. According to the National Gang Intelligence Center: National Gang Threat Assessment 2009, there are as many as 3,000 gang members in the Rochester/Finger Lakes Region. Senator Gillibrand's plan invests in after school programs, increases resources for … Continue Reading
July 06, 2010
Standing At The Massachusetts Avenue Project, Gillibrand Announces New Legislation To Help Small Businesses Create Jobs Across Western New York
Buffalo, NY - Standing at the Massachusetts Avenue Project, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced new Senate legislation to help small businesses create good-paying jobs across Western New York. Small businesses are responsible for half of all private sector jobs and roughly 70 percent of all new jobs in the past decade. Senator Gillibrand announced her new proposal that would support entrepreneurs, incentivize investments in small businesses, and increase lending. "The number one … Continue Reading
July 06, 2010
Standing At The Massachusetts Avenue Project, Gillibrand Announces New Legislation To Help Small Businesses Create Jobs Across Western New York
Buffalo, NY - Standing at the Massachusetts Avenue Project, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced new Senate legislation to help small businesses create good-paying jobs across Western New York. Small businesses are responsible for half of all private sector jobs and roughly 70 percent of all new jobs in the past decade. Senator Gillibrand announced her new proposal that would support entrepreneurs, incentivize investments in small businesses, and increase lending. "The number one … Continue Reading
July 06, 2010
Maffei, Gillibrand Introduce Onondaga Lake Restoration Act
Today Representative Dan Maffei announced that he has introduced the Onondaga Lake Restoration Act to restructure the partnership currently overseeing the cleanup of Onondaga Lake. The bill would place the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in charge of the management conference, similar to the successful Lake Champlain Basin Program, and ensure participation by state and local government, local residents and environmental groups. Senator Gillibrand announced she will also introduce a … Continue Reading
July 02, 2010
26 Senators Launch Effort To Bring World Cup To U.S.
Washington, DC - After the U.S. World Cup team won the hearts and minds of Americans everywhere with a captivating performance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is leading a bipartisan coalition of 26 U.S. Senators in an effort to support America's bid to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup. Home to some the world's best and largest sporting venues, an American World Cup could draw record-breaking audiences, and hosting the largest stage of the world's most … Continue Reading
July 01, 2010
With Thousands Of New Veterans Suffering From Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And Traumatic Brain Injury, Gillibrand Announces New Efforts To Improve Treatment And Monitoring
Washington, DC - With thousands of new veterans experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) symptoms in the weeks, months and years after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is announcing new measures to bolster monitoring and treatment for men and women in uniform and new veterans. Senator Gillibrand's legislative agenda focuses on getting the bureaucracies at the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Veterans … Continue Reading
June 30, 2010
Gillibrand, Lieberman, Dodd, & Schumer Announces Key Senate Panel Passes Legislation To Protect Long Island Sound, An EPA “Imparied Water Body”
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Joe Lieberman, Christopher Dodd, and Charles E. Schumer today announced key Senate panel passage of legislation to bring federal dollars to support the restoration of Long Island Sound. The Sound borders New York and Connecticut, with 8 million people living on the coast and 20 million people living within 50 miles. Although decades of overdevelopment, pollution, dumping of dredged … Continue Reading
June 29, 2010
Gillibrand, Jewish Leaders Demand Hamas Abide By International Law, Allow Red Cross To Visit Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit After 4th Anniversary Of His Abduction
Washington, DC - Following the fourth anniversary of Hamas' abduction of a 23 year-old Israeli soldier, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY) demanded that Hamas allow the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to visit Gilad Shalit, who is being denied basic human rights in a Hamas jail and has been completely cut off from communication with his family. The ICRC has been allowed to visit nearly everyone detained in … Continue Reading
June 25, 2010
After Asian Carp Found Within Six Miles Of Great Lakes, Gillibrand Demands Swift Action To Stop Spread Of Species
Washington, D.C. - Just days after Asian carp was found six miles from the Great Lakes, U.S. Senator Gillibrand is demanding swift action to stop the spread of the species. Senator Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today again urged the federal government to temporarily close the O'Brien and Chicago Locks as a temporary management solution to stop the spread of Asian carp, which are making their way into the Great Lakes and toward New York's … Continue Reading
June 24, 2010
Gillibrand Announces Senate Passage Of Tough New Sanctions Against Iran
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced Senate passage of new legislation that allows President Obama to block contracts for companies that do business with Iran and enforce tough penalties against any companies that falsely claim they do not conduct business with Iran's energy sector. The legislation, which was passed by a vote of 99 to 0, will also place tough sanctions against the sale of gasoline to Iran and … Continue Reading
June 23, 2010
Schumer, Gillibrand And Owens Urge Dhs Secretary To Address Northern Border Narcotics Trafficking At Upcoming Summit With Canadian Public Safety Minister
Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Bill Owens announced that they have written a personal letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, asking her to use an upcoming summit with her Canadian counterpart, the Minister of Public Safety, to develop a comprehensive approach to stemming the exploitation of Indian Reservations on the northern border by narcotics traffickers. Next month, Napolitano is scheduled to meet with Vic … Continue Reading
June 23, 2010
Gillibrand, Senate Colleagues Urge Obama Administration To Investigate Gaza Flotilla Group Ties To Terrorists, Determine Whether Group Should Be Added To Foreign Terrorist List
Washington, DC - After last month's Israeli naval blockade, which intercepted a six-ship flotilla to Gaza, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), along with more than 80 senators, affirmed their support for Israel's right to self-defense, questioned United Nations bodies which unfairly criticized Israel before all of the facts are known, and called on the Obama Administration to determine whether or not an organizer of the flotilla, the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), should be … Continue Reading
June 22, 2010
Schumer, Gillibrand, Lautenberg, Menendez: Pakistani Taliban Bankrolled & Trained Times Square Bomber, But Group Still Has Not Been Added To Terrorist List—Senators Announce Bill To Automatically Designate Them Terrorists
WASHINGTON, DC-A day after the man behind the Times Square terror plot confessed to receiving training and financing from the Pakistani Taliban, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) revealed Tuesday that the U.S. State Department still has not added the organization to the official list of terrorist groups. The senators announced they would offer legislation to require the Pakistani Taliban to be immediately … Continue Reading
June 22, 2010
Arcuri, Schumer, Gillibrand Push To Move Marcy Nanotech Project Forward
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a letter on Thursday, June 17, 2010, U.S. Rep. Michael Arcuri (NY-24) and U.S. Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) called on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District Commander LTC Daniel Snead to remove a special condition in the draft wetlands permit that would prevent development of the Marcy Nanotech site until a semiconductor manufacturer has been identified and brought under contract. "From the beginning, the goal has always … Continue Reading
June 22, 2010
Schumer, Gillibrand, Tonko Urge HUD Sec To Accept Amsterdam Housing Authority’s Grant App After Technical Glitch By Feds Tossed Out Application
Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Paul Tonko announced that they have sent a personal letter to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Shaun Donavan, urging him to reexamine the Amsterdam Housing Authority's (AHA) grant application. AHA's grant application was denied based on a technicality after HUD mistakenly sent applicants the wrong due date and failed to properly notify applicants of the new date. The loss of this … Continue Reading
June 22, 2010
Gillibrand Announces Reform Agenda To Clean Up Washington, Make Congress More Accountable And Transparent
Washington, DC - Tired of business as usual in Washington D.C., U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced her reform agenda to clean up Washington, and make Congress more accountable and responsible. The centerpiece of Senator Gillibrand's agenda includes new, bipartisan legislation that would require complete transparency for all federal earmark requests. Senator Gillibrand's plan will also end automatic pay raises for Members of Congress, rein in corporate special interest influence … Continue Reading
June 18, 2010
Gillibrand Joined By Maloney, 9/11 First Responders, Workers, Families Of Fallen Heroes, Lower Manhattan Residents Announce First-Ever Senate Hearing On James Zadroga 9/11 Health And Compensation Act This Month
New York, NY - On the heels of a key House panel's passage last month of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) stood at Ground Zero today with Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Councilwoman Margaret Chin (D-Manhattan), 9/11 first responders, workers, families who lost loved ones on 9/11 and Lower Manhattan residents to announce that on Tuesday, June 29th, the U.S. Senate will hold its first-ever hearing on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health … Continue Reading
