Press Releases

October 18, 2009

New Data: Nearly 1 in 300 Samples Of Ground Beef Contain E. Coli

New York, NY - In response to a new report out this month from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) showing nearly 1 out of every 300 samples of ground beef contains E. coli, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the first New York senator to sit on the Senate Agriculture Committee in nearly 40 years, joined today with consumers who have contracted E. coli from contaminated food, plus medical and food safety experts to announce the E. coli Eradication Act. This new legislation authored by … Continue Reading

October 16, 2009

Meat Institute Tries To Pass The Buck On E. Coli Testing Of Ground Beef, Gillibrand Says Congress Should Take Action

12.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in … Continue Reading

October 15, 2009

Gillibrand Working To Secure Economic Recovery Dollars For Biodiesel Facility At Port Of Oswego

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in … Continue Reading

October 15, 2009

Gillibrand Calls For Extended Public Comment Period On Marcellus Shale Drilling

October 14, 2009

Gillibrand Unveils Comprehensive Food Safety Improvement Plan

October 13, 2009

Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Sec Salazar To Consider Off Gaming Reservations On A Case By Case Basis, Overturning Bush Administration Precedent

October 09, 2009

Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $3.5 Million Coming To Hudson Valley Community College For Solar Energy Installation Training

Today, United States Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the Hudson Valley Community College in Troy will receive $3,497,595 from the Department of Energy. The grant, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), will be used to provide training to the Northeast Solar Workforce Training Project. It is intended to address the critical need in New York for qualified energy system installers."As President Obama saw first-hand when he visited … Continue Reading

October 09, 2009

30 Senators Sign Letter Urging Inclusion Of Public Option In Final Health Reform Legislation

October 09, 2009

Gillibrand Urges Feds To Oppose Global Listing That Would Crush Long Island's Commercial Fishing Exports

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today urged the federal government to oppose a global listing that would crush Long Island's commercial fishing exports. An upcoming international meeting will include discussions on classifying the spiny dogfish as an endangered species due to trade. However, the U.S. has operated its fishing industry with catch caps that have prevented the spiny dogfish depletion seen in other countries. Senator Gillibrand expressed opposition to … Continue Reading

October 08, 2009

Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $350 Million to Help Dairy Farmers Reeling from Crisis Passes Full Senate as Part of Agriculture Appropriations Bill - $290 Million will be in Direct Payments to Farmers

Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that a provision allocating $350 million to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help New York farmers struggling during the dairy crisis has passed today as part of the Senate's Agriculture Appropriations Bill. The bill passed the House with an identical provision yesterday. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand aggressively lobbied their colleagues in the House of Representatives and Senate to include the … Continue Reading

October 08, 2009

Gillibrand, Bishop Call for Delay of Plum Island Sale – Urge Local Input in Process

October 07, 2009

Gillibrand Condemns Libyan Request to Convene UN Security Council Over Goldstone Report

October 07, 2009

Gillibrand Secures an Additional $4 Million in Homeland Security Money for Nonprofits and Commercial Institutions

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced today that an additional $4 million dollars in federal anti-terror funding to help safeguard civil, religious and community institutions from terrorist attack will be included in the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, for a total of $19 million in federal resources. Gillibrand requested the additional funds for The Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) non-profit program immediately after a bomb plot targeting … Continue Reading

October 06, 2009

Senator Gillibrand to Showcase New York Food and Farms at the Nation’s Capital

Washington, D.C.-U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced today that she will host the eighth annual "New York Farm Day" on Wednesday, October 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM in the Senate Kennedy Caucus Room in the Russell Building in Washington D.C. Senator Gillibrand has invited producers of New York's award-winning wines, farm-fresh products and fresh seafood, as well as leading restaurateurs to travel to Washington to showcase the quality and diversity of New York's agriculture, and its … Continue Reading

October 06, 2009

Gillibrand, Bishop Take Action To Keep Black Sea Bass Fishery Open Off Long Island

Washington, DC - In an effort to keep Long Island's recreational fishing and boating industry open for business, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Tim Bishop today took action to stop the National Marine Fisheries Services' (NMFS) decision to close the recreational black sea bass fishery. In a letter to James W. Balsieger, Ph.D., Acting-Assistant Administrator for Fisheries at the NMFS, Senator Gillibrand and Congressman Bishop outlined the stark economic impact the … Continue Reading

October 05, 2009

New Numbers Show 1 In 91 Children Suffer from Autism – Gillibrand Renews Call for Quality, Affordable Autism Treatment for Families

October 02, 2009

Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Funding For Northern Border Regional Commission To Help Spark Rural Renewable Energy Opportunities

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1.5 million for the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) in the final Energy and Water Appropriations Bill. The Senate-passed bill did not allocate any funding to the Commission and the senators pushed for money to be allocated in the final package. The funding would help address the community and economic development needs of the most severely distressed areas of New York, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont and … Continue Reading

October 02, 2009

With Roughly 700 Miles Of Coastline On The Great Lakes, Schumer And Gillibrand Call For $475 Million For Great Lakes Restoration In Final Appropriations Bill

Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined with their Great Lakes colleagues this week to call for $475 million for the Great Lakes in the combined Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. The Senate version of the legislation only included $400 million, whereas the house version has $475 million. Schumer and Gillibrand are urging the conference committee tasked with … Continue Reading

October 01, 2009

Gillibrand Continues Efforts To Address Nursing Shortage

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing new legislation this week to address the nursing shortage in New York and across the country. According to a Gillibrand report in May, New York State will need nearly 106,000 additional nurses by 2020. Senator Gillibrand joined the Medicare Graduate Nurses Education Act, which would help expand the nurse workforce and vocational nursing faculty by making Medicare reimbursement funds available to teaching hospitals. "As we … Continue Reading

September 30, 2009

Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $350 Million To Help Dairy Farmers Reeling From Crisis In Final Agriculture Appropriations Bill - $290 Million Will Be In Direct Payment To Farmers

Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $350 million to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help New York farmers struggling during the dairy crisis in the final Agriculture Appropriations Bill. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand aggressively lobbied their colleagues in the House of Representatives and Senate to include the provision in the final legislation. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont authored the measure that was included in only the … Continue Reading

Showing page of 256