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Gillibrand Announces Bills To Strengthen And Expand Background Check Requirements To Reduce Gun Violence

Gillibrand Joins Senate Democrats To Introduce The Background Check Completion Act To Close The Charleston Loophole, And The Background Check Expansion Act To Expand Federal Background Checks To All Gun Sales; Communities Across New York Have Experienced A Spike In Gun Violence Since The Beginning Of The Pandemic; A Study By The National Commission On COVID-19 And Criminal Justice Found That Homicide Rates In Cities Across The Country Increased By 42% Last Summer And 34% Last Fall, Compared With

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Senators Gillibrand And Rubio, Representatives Cohen And Desaulnier Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Strengthen Safety Measures To Prevent Deadly ‘Underride’ Accidents Involving Tractor-Trailers

Underride Accidents, Which Happen When Cars Slide Under Tractor-trailer Trucks, Are Often Fatal Even At Low Speeds; Bipartisan Stop Underrides Act Would Require Effective Guards On Front, Sides, And Rear Of Trucks; Deadly Truck Underride Accidents Have Claimed Thousands Of Lives Across The Country

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As Senate Negotiates Coronavirus Relief Package, Gillibrand Fights For Robust LIHEAP Funding To Help Families Struggling To Keep Heat On

Following Stops Across New York State To Call For Additional Emergency LIHEAP Funding, Gillibrand Is Urging Senate Leaders To Maintain House Funding Levels To Help Eligible Households Make Ends Meet; Before The Pandemic More Than 1.5 Million New Yorkers Relied On LIHEAP Funding To Heat Their Homes Through The Winter, Now The Economic Crisis Has Put Even More In Need

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