Press Releases
EPA Takes Critical Steps To Monitor Hazardous PFAS Chemicals In Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) After Gillibrand, Capito Pass Transparency Bill
Three PFAS Substances Added To TRI List As EPA Implements Rule Requiring Heightened Transparency For PFAS Chemicals; Gillibrand, Capito Passed The PFAS Release Disclosure Act That Improves Transparency When PFAS Are Released Into The Environment
Gillibrand Calls To End Discriminatory Practices Against Transgender Veterans With Swift Processing Of Name Change Requests On Military Records
Letter Requests That Name Change Corrections On Discharge Documents Be Processed Within 90 Days
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Legislation To Put An End To Unsolicited Robocalls
Billions of Illegal Robocalls Target Older Americans and Put Consumers At Risk Annually; Consumers Lose Approximately $40 Billion a Year Through Telemarketing Fraud
Gillibrand Announces Unanimous Passage Of Bipartisan Bill To Improve Access To Benefits For Officers And First Responders Injured In The Line Of Duty
Protecting America’s First Responders Act Will Ensure Frontline Workers’ Disability Claims Are Processed in a Timely Manner
Gillibrand Pushes For $50 Million In Funding To Protect New York’s Natural Resources From Invasive Species Threatening The Great Lakes And Lake Champlain
Invasive Zebra Mussels and Asian Carp Pose Major Threat to Great Lakes Ecosystem Due To their Disruption of the Lakes’ Natural Food Chain; 30% Of Invasive Species In The Great Lakes Were Originally Transported Via Ship Ballast Water
Gillibrand Introduces Bill To Provide Direct Relief To Small Farms Struggling To Stay Afloat Amid The Pandemic
Bill Provides A One Year Window To Apply For Debt Relief; Will Keep Farmers Operating For At Least Two Years After Receiving Loan Forgiveness
Gillibrand, Rounds Lead Bipartisan Push To Fully Fund U.S-Israel Missile Defense Cooperation
Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) led a bipartisan group of 38 senators in calling for $500 million to fully fund U.S.-Israel cooperative missile defense programs in the Defense Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2022....
ICYMI: Video: Gillibrand Introduces Eunice Lee, Judicial Nominee For Second Circuit Court Of Appeals, Ahead Of Confirmation Hearing
[Watch Video Here] Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced Second Circuit Court of Appeals judicial nominee Eunice Lee ahead of her confirmation hearing. Throughout her career, Lee has represented more than 380 indigent clients in proceedings...
Gillibrand Pushes For Increased Funding For Lyme Disease And Tick-Borne Illness Research
Gillibrand Calling For Funding For CDC Research and Surveillance And For The Department of Defense Tick-Borne Disease Research Program; Despite High Number Of Lyme Disease Cases In United States, Federal Investment In Research And Prevention Remains At Just $191 Per Case
Gillibrand Announces New Legislation To Clean Up PFAS At New York State Military Installations With Highest Levels Of Contamination
New Legislation Includes $10 Billion Investment To Protect Military Communities From Toxic PFAS Chemicals; New Data Shows Little To No Progress Has Been Made To Clean Up Most Contaminated Military Bases