Press Releases
Senator Gillibrand Statement On Posthumous Medal Of Honor Awarded To Staff Sergeant Michael H. Ollis Of Staten Island
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement honoring Staff Sergeant Michael H. Ollis of Staten Island, NY, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in...
Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Guarantee Free, Easy Tax Filing For Americans
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and dozens of her Democratic colleagues in introducing the Direct File Act, new legislation that would reverse the Trump administration’s decision to...
Gillibrand Statement On U.S. And Israeli Strikes On Iran
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, released the following statement on U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran: “I came to Congress in opposition to endless wars. Trump’s actions...
Senator Gillibrand Statement On General Services Administration Decision To Award Customs And Border Protection Contract, Expand Immigration Detention In Rochester
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) made the following statement in light of the announcement that the General Services Administration (GSA) awarded U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) a contract to relocate into the Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building...
Gillibrand Calls DHS Actions In Buffalo And At Columbia University “Inhumane And Outrageous”
Today, U.S. Senator Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement regarding recent reports that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents misrepresented their purpose to gain entry to a Columbia University-owned apartment to detain a student and, in a separate...
Gillibrand Statement On Secretary Hegseth’s Rejection Of AI Guardrails
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, released the following statement after reports that the Pentagon threatened Anthropic over the company’s requests for guardrails in DOD’s use...
Gillibrand Applauds Committee Passage Of Her Bipartisan Legislation To Protect Living Organ Donors
Legislation would promote organ donation by protecting living organ donors from financial and employment-related barriers U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement following the passage of her legislation, the Living Donor Protection Act, out of...
Gillibrand Statement On Death Of Nurul Amin Shah Alam
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, following reports that immigration agents dropped him at a coffee shop in Buffalo miles away from his home. The senator followed up on her public statement...
Sens. Gillibrand And Cruz, Reps. Min And Weber Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Expand Benefits For Public Safety Officers
Legislation would amend the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Program to speed up benefit determinations and extend benefits to permanently disabled officers currently excluded from the program Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX)...
Gillibrand Demands An End To Trump’s Tariff Chaos, Reimbursements For Small Businesses And Consumers
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a virtual press conference to demand that President Trump end his tariff chaos and refund American consumers and small businesses what they paid in tariff cost increases. “New Yorkers deserve better than President...