Press Releases
Gillibrand, Chair Of The Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, Announces Her Hard-Fought NDAA Wins That Will Improve The Well-Being Of Service Members And Their Families
Gillibrand Secures 12 Weeks of Parental Leave for Both Mothers and Fathers, Expanded Health Care Benefits, and a 2.7% Base Pay Increase for All Service Members; NDAA Includes $27 Million Investment That Will Help Fund The Wellfield Expansion Resilience Project To Improve Fort Drum’s Water Supply
Gillibrand, Schumer Call on Federal Transit Administration to Fund the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wrote to the Federal Transit Administration in support of the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority’s (RGRTA) application for funding from the Bus and Bus Facilities...
Gillibrand’s Groundbreaking Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Amendment Included In Final NDAA
Gillibrand’s Provision Will Establish a Formal Office to Carry Out a Coordinated Effort on Collection and Analysis Related to UAPs
Gillibrand Statement On The Gutting Of Bipartisan Military Justice Reforms By House And Senate Armed Services Leadership
Addressing the gutting of bipartisan military justice reforms by House and Senate Armed Services leadership, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement: “As sexual assault survivor advocates warned would happen for months, House and Senate...
As Omicron Cases Are Detected In New York, Gillibrand Pushes For Creation Of Covid-19 And Pandemic Response Centers Of Excellence To Prepare For Future Variants And Help Prevent Public Health Emergencies
Uncertainty Remains As Mutations Continue to Threaten Progress Combating COVID-19; The COVID-19 and Pandemic Response Centers of Excellence Act would improve ability to track variants, prepare for public health emergencies and improve readiness
Standing In Front Of Hostos Community College, Senator Gillibrand Announces Eats Act To Expand Snap Benefit Eligibility To More College Students
Gillibrand Was Joined By CUNY Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Assembly Member Amanda Septimo, Hostos President Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Hostos Health And Wellness Director Fabián Wander, And Hunger Free America CEO Joel Berg; As Many As 290,000 New York College Students Will Become Newly Eligible For SNAP Benefits Under The EATS Act
On Senate Floor, Gillibrand Urges Congress To Include Paid Leave In The Build Back Better Bill
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand spoke on the Senate floor urging her colleagues to include paid family and medical leave provisions in the Build Back Better bill. For nearly ten years, Senator Gillibrand has been fighting to create a national paid leave...
Gillibrand, Leahy, Collins Introduce Bill To Lift Voices Of Dairy Farmers By Calling For Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearings Addressing Class I Milk Pricing
Bipartisan Bill Inspired by Sen. Gillibrand’s September Hearing Addressing Volatile Milk Pricing; Dairy Pricing Opportunity Act Strong First Step to Broader FMMO Reform
Gillibrand Leads 65 Colleagues In Letter Pushing Committee Leadership To Keep Senate-Passed Military Justice Bill In Final NDAA Language
Gillibrand: “This Bill Has Widespread Bicameral And Bipartisan Support And It Must Be Passed In The Final NDAA;” Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act Supported By 66 Senate Co-Sponsors, 220 House Co-Sponsors, 29 State Attorneys General + Coalition of Major Veterans Groups
ICYMI: Military Times: Veterans Groups Urge Congress To Include Military Sexual Assault Reforms In Defense Authorization Bill
In case you missed it, the Military Times published a story about a coalition of veterans groups pushing Congress to not remove or water down military sexual assault reform provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Senate NDAA includes Senator...