Press Releases
Gillibrand Statement On Record High Diesel Prices
Today, in response to Donald Trump and Republicans driving diesel to record high prices and gas to over $4 on Labor Day for the first time ever, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement: “Because of Donald Trump, New York families, small...
Gillibrand Statement On FEMA Again 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 for a second time Governor Kathy Hochul’s Major Disaster Declaration request in response to the February blizzard that...
Gillibrand Announces Bill To Ban President Trump From Renaming Lake Ontario
The bill would nullify the president’s executive order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” and prohibit future attempts to rename Great Lakes Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced a new bill to prohibit President Trump from renaming Lake Ontario and the...
Gillibrand Statement On Hegseth Extending Mideast Deployments Into 2027
Gillibrand: “It is unconscionable to extend troop deployments and continue to waste tens of billions of taxpayer dollars on their failed war, launched without a clear mission, coherent strategy, or exit plan.” U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the...
Gillibrand Announces Bill To Make Large-Scale Wage Theft A Felony Nationwide
Ahead of Labor Day, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced the Don’t Stand for Taking Employed Americans’ Livings (Don’t STEAL) Act, which would make large-scale wage theft a felony nationwide. Representative Seth Magaziner (D-RI-02) and 28 cosponsors have...
Gillibrand Calls For Trump Admin To Fully Restore Counterterrorism Funding Withheld From New York, Echoing Governor Hochul And Mayor Mamdani
AHEAD OF 25th ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, TRUMP ADMIN MUST FULLY RESTORE ANTI-TERRORISM FUNDING Today, less than two weeks before the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York City on 9/11, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following...
Gillibrand, Colleagues Demand Department Of Education Release Funding For School-Based Mental Health Services
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joined 12 of her Senate colleagues in urging the Department of Education to disburse the funds abruptly and unlawfully canceled for the School-Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) and Mental Health Service Professional...
In Buffalo And Troy: Gillibrand Continues Statewide Tour Addressing The Rising Cost Of Groceries, Lagging Consumer Confidence
Today, standing alongside Upstate New York leaders and advocates in Buffalo and Troy, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand continued her statewide tour addressing the crushing impact of rising grocery and household goods prices on working families. The push follows a...
In Syracuse: Gillibrand Celebrates Pride And New Americans Day At The Great New York State Fair
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand visited the Great New York State Fair, where she gaggled with reporters and joined fairgoers to celebrate the two official themes of the day: Pride and New Americans Day. While visiting the various pavilions and booths,...
Gillibrand Statement On Disastrous Iran War Hitting 6 Months
Today, Trump and Republicans’ war in Iran has now reached six-months. Over and over again, the American people have heard an endless parade of broken and shifting promises about the war from the president. We were told the war was a “total and complete victory,”...