Press Releases
Gillibrand, Schumer Deliver Full Funding For World Trade Center Health Program
Today, following years of advocacy, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer celebrated Congress’ passage of legislation to fully fund the World Trade Center Health Program...
Gillibrand Statement On Gateway Development Commission Lawsuit Against Trump Administration
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, released the following statement regarding the Gateway Development Commission’s lawsuit against the Trump administration...
Gillibrand Statement On Court Injunction Allowing Sunrise Wind Construction To Resume
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s preliminary injunction allowing the Sunrise Wind project to resume construction following the Trump administration’s stop work order,...
Gillibrand, Schumer, Alsobrooks Demand Accountability For Trump Administration’s Abuse Of Social Security Data
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), the top Democrat on the Senate Aging Committee, along with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), demanded a full investigation into the Trump administration’s mishandling of...
Senator Gillibrand Statement On 5-Bill “Minibus” Appropriations Funding Bill And DHS/ICE Reforms
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the five-bill “minibus” appropriations funding package and proposed DHS/ICE reforms: “As a member of the Appropriations Committee, I am...
Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Support Farmers, Reduce Barriers To Organic Agriculture
Legislation would help more producers transition to and maintain organic practices Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joined 14 lawmakers in reintroducing the Opportunities in Organic Act, legislation designed to help farmers and other agricultural...
Gillibrand, 15 Senate Democrats Raise Alarm On EPA’s New Rule Abandoning Federal Water Pollution Protections
EPA's new rule slashes the scope of waters that fall under federal pollution protections, rolling back decades of water quality progress Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joined 15 Senate Democrats in opposing a new Trump administration rule that would...
Gillibrand Statement On Car Ramming Into Chabad Headquarters
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand made the following statement regarding the attack on Wednesday night when a car rammed into the headquarters of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic Jewish movement in Crown Heights, Brooklyn: “I am horrified by the violent scenes from...
Gillibrand Slams Trump’s Costly Canadian Tariff Threats
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a virtual press conference to demand that President Trump stop illegally threatening tariffs against American allies. Over the weekend, President Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on Canadian goods. He also said...
Gillibrand Statement On Imminent Construction Pause Of Gateway Project
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, released the following statement regarding reports that the Trump administration’s continued withholding of federal...