Press Releases
Gillibrand, Cruz Applaud Committee Passage Of Their Bills To Support First Responders And Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse
Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) lauded the Senate Judiciary Committee’s passage of two of their bipartisan bills: the Officer John Barnes and Chief Michael Ansbro Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program Expansion Act and the...
Sens. Gillibrand And Blunt Rochester, Reps. Clarke And Fitzpatrick Introduce Legislation To Combat The Maternal Mental Health Crisis
Mental health conditions—including substance use disorders—are the leading cause of preventable maternal death in the United States In New York, the maternal mortality rate for Black women is over four times that for white women Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand...
Gillibrand Slams President Trump For Rising Gas Prices, Calls For An End To The Iran War
Press Conference Follows Release Of A New Consumer Price Report That Shows That Inflation Is At Its Highest Level In Three Years Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) held a virtual press conference slamming President Trump for causing the highest gas prices...
Gillibrand Statement On Trump’s Possible $10 Billion DOJ Pay Day And How It Could Be Better Spent Reversing Cuts To New York
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) issued the following statement on the New York Times report that the Justice Department is holding internal discussions about settling the president’s dubious $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS that could “involve the...
Senator Gillibrand Highlights How $1 Billion Could Fund Law Enforcement Instead Of Trump’s Ballroom
During National Police Week, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is highlighting data showing how the $1 billion in taxpayer dollars congressional Republicans want to pay for Donald Trump’s ballroom project could instead be used to fund vital federal programs that...
Gillibrand, Schumer Push Secretary Hegseth To Restore Collective Bargaining Rights To 300,000 Department Of Defense Employees
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, along with Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Congressmen Paul Tonko (D-NY) and John Mannion (D-NY), criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s unilateral termination...
Gillibrand Statement On Trump Causing Consumer Prices To Hit Three-Year High
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) issued the following statement after a new consumer price report found that prices have surged to their highest level in three years, driven by Donald Trump's war in Iran and his administration's cost-increasing policies: “At the...
Gillibrand Calls On Centers For Disease Control And Prevention To Provide Public Updates On Hantavirus Spread
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to fulfill its obligation to provide timely and accurate information about the spread of hantavirus to both health professionals and the public. Since April,...
Gillibrand Announces $1 Billion In Funding For Second Avenue Subway Extension And Gateway Hudson Tunnel
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), announced $307 million in funding for the Second Avenue Subway Extension project and $700 million for the Gateway...
Gillibrand Statement On Release Of UAP Files
Today, after the Trump administration announced its release of files related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement. Gillibrand has long championed UAP disclosure and transparency, and in the FY2024...