Press Releases
Gillibrand Pushes To Close $3.6 Billion Funding Gap In 9-11 World Trade Center Health Program In End-Of-Year Spending Bill
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand sent a letter to leadership pushing Congress to pass the 9-11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act in order to deliver $3.624 billion in supplemental funding to close the impending funding gap in the World Trade...
Gillibrand, Sanders, Baldwin, Booker, Brown, Markey, Merkley, Padilla, Reed, Smith, Warren, and Whitehouse Joint Statement on Senate Taking Up Sick Leave For Rail Workers
Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren...
Gillibrand Statement On Senate Passage Of The Respect for Marriage Act
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement regarding Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, a bipartisan bill that would enshrine marriage equality into federal law: “Today’s Senate passage of the Respect for...
Gillibrand Calls For Nearly $2 Billion In Funding For Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs For FY23
Ahead of the holiday season, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Special Committee on Aging, held a press conference in New York City to call for $1.93 billion in FY23 funding for the Older Americans Act (OAA) nutritional programs. Senator Gillibrand was...
Ahead Of The Thanksgiving Holiday, Gillibrand Calls For Nearly $2 Billion In Funding For The Older Americans Act Nutritional Programs For FY23
Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Special Committee on Aging, is holding a video press conference to call for $1.93 billion in FY23 funding for the Older Americans Act (OAA) nutritional programs. This year is the 50th...
Gillibrand Calls For Funding For Rooftop Solar Panels As Part Of Puerto Rico Hurricane Recovery
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) in a letter calling on Congress to provide the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with emergency supplemental funds for rooftop solar and storage solutions for low-income households and households...
Gillibrand, Blackburn, Hirono, Graham Statement On House Passage Of The Speak Out Act
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) applauded the passage of the Speak Out Act in the House of Representatives. The Speak Out Act is a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would prohibit...
Gillibrand Recommends Local Advocate Lanessa Owens-Chaplin To Serve On The Dot Advisory Committee On Transportation Equity
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced her recommendation for local I-81 advocate, Lanessa Owens-Chaplin, to join the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity within the U.S. Department of Transportation. “I am proud to recommend Lanessa...
SENATOR GILLIBRAND MEETS WITH PUERTO RICAN REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ADVOCATES TO DISCUSS MORE ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand; New York State Assemblymembers Catalina Cruz, Jessica González-Rojas, Jonathan Rivera, and Kenny Burgos; New York City Council Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala; and New York City Councilmember Crystal Hudson met with advocates at the...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $3 Million In Federal Funding To Fight Air Pollution In New York
Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $3,346,030 in federal funding to monitor and combat air pollution in New York. The funding was allocated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) using funds from the...