Press Releases
Gillibrand, Colleagues Demand Pentagon Release Long-Awaited Report On U.S. Bombing Of Iranian Elementary School
Investigation into School Strike Was Reportedly Submitted in April but Has Not Been Released To Congress or the Public Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led 24 of her colleagues in continuing to demand answers from the Department of Defense (DoD) over the...
Gillibrand Calls On Department Of Homeland Security To Reinstate Temporary Protected Designation For Haiti
Following the Recent Supreme Court Decision, Haitian Nationals on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Will Lose Work Authorization on Saturday The Senator Recently Joined Colleagues to Introduce S. 4814 to Require the Secretary of Homeland Security to Designate Haiti for...
Gillibrand Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging Reappointment Of Dr. John Howard To Lead World Trade Center Health Program
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reappoint Dr. John Howard to another six-year term as Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety...
Gillibrand, Colleagues Press Hegseth On Pentagon Gutting Civilian Protection Efforts Amid War In Iran
Pentagon’s independent watchdog found that Trump administration defunded and blocked reforms to protect civilians during war, potentially violating federal law U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, joined nine...
Gillibrand Statement On FEMA Denying Major Disaster Declaration For New York State For February Blizzard
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) made the following statement on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) decision to deny Governor Kathy Hochul’s Major Disaster Declaration request in response to the February blizzard that brought record...
In Response To Gillibrand Request, Watchdog Releases Report Revealing The Need For Federal Oversight Of Assisted Living Facilities
Government Accountability Office Review Identifies $12 Billion Annually in Federal Medicare and Medicaid Spending in Assisted Living Facilities Read The Report Here. Today, in response to an inquiry by Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and other Democrats on...
Gillibrand Statement On This Weekend’s Gun Violence And The Trump Administration’s Gun Safety Rollbacks
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement after a violent Fourth of July weekend in New York City left over a dozen people shot, including several children and one NYPD detective: “This weekend, a family barbecue in Coney Island turned...
Gillibrand Calls To Ban Trump And Elected Officials From Issuing Memecoins
Following new reporting on President Trump's personal financial disclosures — which show that his single largest source of income in 2025, $636 million, came from issuing a memecoin — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand renewed her call for Congress to bar all elected...
Gillibrand, Colleagues Demand Answers About Impact Of Trump’s Medicaid Cuts
Because of Republicans, New York is facing $63 billion in Medicaid cuts Today, Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led her Democratic colleagues on the Senate Aging Committee in demanding answers about the impact of President Trump’s Medicaid cuts on...
Gillibrand Slams Trump And Republicans For Ripping Health Insurance Away From 450,000 New Yorkers
Today, as roughly 450,000 low- and middle-income New Yorkers lose their affordable health care coverage thanks to President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement: “Donald Trump and Republicans chose to give...