Press Releases
In Buffalo: Amid Skyrocketing Gas Prices, Gillibrand Demands End To Trump’s Reckless War With Iran To Provide Relief To Western New York Families
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand gaggled with reporters at an ARCO gas station in Buffalo, slamming President Trump for causing the highest gas prices in years. With the average cost of gas in New York State today at $4.60 per gallon—nearly 50 percent more than...
Sen. Gillibrand, Reps. Kennedy And Meng Introduce New Legislation To Ban Enhanced Body Armor Use By Civilians
Legislation would ban armor like that worn by the assailant in the 2022 Tops supermarket shooting in Buffalo, NY, which killed 10 people Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced legislation to prohibit the sale, transfer, or possession of enhanced body...
Watch: Gillibrand Presses The Pentagon On Cost Of Iran War And U.S. Bombing Of Civilian Schools And Hospitals
Watch the exchange HERE At U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, CENTCOM’s Admiral Cooper acknowledged Pentagon has not investigated reports that U.S. and Israeli strikes hit 22 schools and several hospitals in Iran Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a...
Sen. Gillibrand, Reps. Pou And Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Protect Civilian Victims Of Toxic Exposure
***Watch the Members’ Press Conference Here*** The Kenya Merritt Renewing Our PACT Act would allow civilians who served with U.S. troops in proximity to toxic burn pits to receive compensation for illnesses Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and...
Watch: Gillibrand Grills HUD Sec. Turner: “Stop With The Excuses, Just Explain Your Record
**Watch the exchange here** Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), grilled Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner over his...
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...