Press Releases
As First NY Senator To Serve on Ag Committee In 40 Years, Gillibrand To Give New York a Voice on Nutrition, Agriculture
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a mother of two young children, is the first Senator from New York to sit on the Agriculture and Nutrition Committee in nearly 40 years. Today, Senator Gillibrand was selected as Chair of the Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant & Animal Health. In addition, she will serve on the Nutrition, Food Security, Futures and Derivatives and General Legislation Subcommittee and the Energy, Science and Technology … Continue Reading
July 13, 2009
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $2.4 Million in Recovery Act Funding Coming to Capital Region For Health Research
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will provide a total of $2,423,965 in funding through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for biomedical research projects in the Capital Region. The ARRA will provide a total of $64,826,308 for projects statewide, including $13,288,446 for those at institutions upstate. "This funding for biomedical research is a wise investment in the Capital Region economy," … Continue Reading
July 13, 2009
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $4 Million in Recovery Act Funding Coming to Western New York Coming to Western New York
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will provide a total of $4,180,862 million in funding through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for biomedical research projects in Western New York. The Roswell Park Cancer Institute will receive $2,231,472 and The University at Buffalo will receive $1,949,390. The ARRA will provide a total of $64,826,308 for projects statewide, including $13,288,446 for those … Continue Reading
July 13, 2009
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Key Senate Panel Approves $200,000 for Cornell University to Develop New Dairy Policy to Help Grow New York Agriculture Economy
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee late last week approved $200,000 for Cornell University to research and develop new agricultural policies to help grow New York's dairy economy in the FY10 Agriculture Appropriations Bill. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand aggressively lobbied members of the Appropriations Committee to include funding for the project in this year's spending bill. "Cornell is the cream … Continue Reading
July 13, 2009
Introduction of Judge Sonia Sotomayor by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
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
July 13, 2009
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Key Senate Panel Approves Over $100,000 to Help Restore Niagara River Watershed
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee late last week approved $104,000 to help restore the Niagara Watershed by developing and implementing plans to reduce pollutants, improve navigational channels and prevent flooding for communities along the Niagara River in Western New York in the Energy and Water Bill."The historic Niagara River Watershed has played an important role in our nation's history serving … Continue Reading
July 13, 2009
Gillibrand Announces Key Senate Panel Approves $500,000 For LIPA Program to Help Long Island Homes and Businesses Install Panels
Riverhead, New York - Standing at the Riverhead Free Library on Long Island, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that that a key Senate panel approved $500,000 to provide rebates for homes and businesses that install solar panels to generate energy. The federal investment will go towards Long Island Power Authority's (LIPA) Solar Pioneer and Solar Entrepreneur programs, to provide incentives and rebates to homeowners, businesses, and schools to install photovoltaic (PV) systems. … Continue Reading
July 13, 2009
Introduction of Judge Sonia Sotomayor by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Thank you Chairman Leahy, Ranking member Sessions, Senator Schumer, and the other distinguished members of the Judiciary Committee for the privilege to speak on behalf of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. President Obama has chosen one of the country's outstanding legal minds with his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court. As a New Yorker, I take great pride along with the rest of my state in Judge Sotomayor's nomination. As a woman, I take great pride in this historic … Continue Reading
July 10, 2009
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $460,000 in Economic Recovery Act Funding for Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority
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
July 10, 2009
Gillibrand Announces Senate Passage of Additional $5 Million in Homeland Security Money for Non-Profits and Religious Institutions
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
July 10, 2009
Menendez, Nelson, Gillibrand Provisions for Immigrant Widows and Orphans Pass Senate
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
July 10, 2009
Senator Gillibrand Announces Department of Justice Awarding Drug Court Discretionary Grant Funding of $198,928 to Amherst Justice Court
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
July 10, 2009
Schumer, Gillibrand: Improving Border Crossing Is Low Hanging Fruit In Effort To Speed Up Train Travel
Today U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced senate passage of legislation they are co-sponsoring, along with Senator Pat Leahy of Vermont, written by Senator Bernie Sanders, requiring the Department of Homeland Security to do an in-depth examination of their processes for screening travelers crossing the U.S. Canadian border by rail. Currently the process takes up to an hour or more, significantly increasing the time to get to places like Toronto and … Continue Reading
July 10, 2009
Schumer, Gillibrand Secure Key Committee Approval of Over $1.5 Million for CUNY Energy Institute
Today, U.S Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Green Jobs & New Economy Subcommittee, announced that the Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development has allocated $1,550,000 in grant funding to City University of New York's (CUNY) Energy Institute. This grant will allow CUNY to develop advanced, sustainable and economical energy technologies with low carbon footprints. This sustainable energy strategy will match the federal goals of … Continue Reading
July 10, 2009
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.2 Million in Economic Recovery Act Funding Coming to Glens Falls Area For Transportation Improvements
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will provide a total of $1,242,494 to the Greater Glens Falls Transit System through the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration. This funding will allow for the purchase of a hybrid electric bus for the region in addition to improvements to existing transportation infrastructure. "Investing in hybrid electric technology is a wise investment in … Continue Reading
July 09, 2009
Women Senators Echo Support For Sotomayor's Record
In advance of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a coalition of women senators Thursday offered support for the long record of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals judge. At a press conference on Capitol Hill Thursday, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) praised Sotomayor's 17-year record as a federal judge and public servant.Senator Boxer said, "Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the … Continue Reading
July 09, 2009
Klobuchar, Gillibrand Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Promote Recycling of Electronic Waste
Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced bipartisan legislation to promote the research and development of programs to improve the collection and recycling of electronic equipment and to reduce the use of hazardous materials in electronics. The Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act would provide research grants to find ways to deal with the growing amount of electronic waste (e-waste), much of which contains … Continue Reading
July 09, 2009
Senators Schumer and Gillibrand Secure Key Subcommittee Approval for $117,500 for City of Buffalo 'Green' Business Incubator
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government has approved the Fiscal Year 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill. The bill includes $117,500 for The City of Buffalo to convert an historic City-owned grain elevator site adjacent to an ethanol production facility. This funding will establish a clean business energy incubator project … Continue Reading
July 09, 2009
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Key Subcommittee Approves $117,500 for the Watervliet Innovation Center
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Financial Services FY10 Appropriations Bill which includes $117,500 for the Center for Economic Growth's Watervliet Innovation Center. The funding would be used to promote job growth and economic development by offering businesses training for entrepreneurs, recruiting companies to the area, and provide technical assistance for small businesses. The bill will … Continue Reading
July 09, 2009
Schumer and Gillibrand Secure Key Committee Approval for $117,500 for Syracuse Area Small Businesses
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government has approved the Fiscal Year 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill. The bill includes $117,500 for The Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce to provide technical education to small businesses in and around Onondaga County. This funding is provided through the Space Alliance … Continue Reading
