Press Releases
Gillibrand Urges Senate Leadership To Extend Enhanced Unemployment Benefits In Next Coronavirus Relief Package
Nearly 12 Million Workers Are Expected To Lose Pandemic Unemployment Benefits If They Expire On December 26
Gillibrand Statement And Photo Following Meeting With Secretary Of State-Designate Tony Blinken
Following her meeting with Secretary of State-designate Tony Blinken, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement: “Today I had a constructive and deeply informative conversation with Secretary of State-designate Tony Blinken about the...
As Record Numbers Of New Yorkers Face Food Insecurity, Gillibrand Urges Congress To Invest $6 Billion To Meet Growing Nutrition Needs
During The Pandemic Gillibrand Has Fought To Protect New Yorkers From The Growing Hunger Crisis By Calling For Increased Investment In SNAP And P-EBT Program Extension, School Meal Funding, And Food Bank Support
Gillibrand Leads Bicameral Call On Congressional Leadership To Include Health Force Proposal In Next COVID Relief Package
Gillibrand Leads Bicameral Call On Congressional Leadership To Include Health Force Proposal In Next COVID Relief Package; Passage Of Health Force And Resilience Force Proposal In COVID Relief Package Would Ensure Safe, Equitable Distribution And Administration Of Forthcoming COVID-19 Vaccine
Gillibrand Responds To The Passing Of Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement in response to the passing of former New York City Mayor David Dinkins: “Today, I join millions of New Yorkers in mourning the remarkable life of former New York City Mayor David Dinkins. A steadfast...
Schumer, Gillibrand, Lowey, Engel, Maloney Issue Joint Response To Nrc Staff’s Approval Of Indian Point License Transfer
U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, joined by Representatives Nita Lowey, Eliot Engel, and Sean Patrick Maloney together issued a joint response to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff’s approval of the application to transfer Indian...
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Appropriations Leadership To Keep Plum Island Sale Off The Table
U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, joined colleagues in calling on the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Financial Services and General Government, to maintain language included in the House-passed Financial Services...
Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Block Trump Order Stripping Federal Employees Of Critical Protections
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 40 of her colleagues in introducing legislation that would block the implementation of an October 21 Executive Order by President Trump, which created a new classification for federal employees, Schedule F. This harmful executive...
Gillibrand Calls On HHS, CDC To Strengthen Ultra-Cold Storage Infrastructure Needed To Ship, Handle, And Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine
As Early Vaccine Trials Produce Promising Preliminary Results, Senators Urge Administration To Work With State And Local Government To Coordinate Storage And Distribution In Underserved Communities
Gillibrand Announces Landmark Legislation To Address Systemic Discrimination In Federal Aid To Black Farmers
U. S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, alongside U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), introduced legislation to address systemic discrimination within U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) federal agriculture policy. Due to a history of...