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Gillibrand Secures Commitment To Have Kevin Law, CEO Of LIPA Testify At Next Week’s Climate Change Hearing
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October 21, 2009
In Response To Ongoing Job Loss, Gillibrand Launches Innovation Agenda To Spur Growth In High-Tech Industries, Create Good-Paying Jobs
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October 21, 2009
Menendez, Nelson, Gillibrand Provisions For Immigrant Widows And Orphans Gains Final Senate Passage
Washington, DC - Tuesday, provisions in the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill to protect widows and orphans of deceased U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who are in the family immigration system gained final passage in the U.S. Senate. The provisions, which were championed by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), among others, address the immigration-related hardships caused by the death of a … Continue Reading
October 19, 2009
Schumer, Gillibrand Fight For Provisions That Will Prevent Outsourcing At West Point, Save Hundreds Of Jobs And Taxpayer Money
As a Congressional committee works to combine the House and Senate versions of the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Appropriations bill, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today urged the committee to include a provision to prevent the loss of hundreds of federal jobs at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Congress and the President have expressed deep reservations with the type of a study currently used to compare the use of private versus public … Continue Reading
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
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October 15, 2009
Gillibrand Working To Secure Economic Recovery Dollars For Biodiesel Facility At Port Of Oswego
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October 15, 2009
Gillibrand Calls For Extended Public Comment Period On Marcellus Shale Drilling
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October 14, 2009
Gillibrand Unveils Comprehensive Food Safety Improvement Plan
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October 13, 2009
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Sec Salazar To Consider Off Gaming Reservations On A Case By Case Basis, Overturning Bush Administration Precedent
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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
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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
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October 07, 2009
Gillibrand Condemns Libyan Request to Convene UN Security Council Over Goldstone Report
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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
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