Press Releases
As Avian Flu Spreads To Cattle, Gillibrand Calls On White House To Strengthen Interagency Coordination To Respond To Outbreak
New Strain of Avian Flu Infecting American Cattle For First Time; First Report of Cow-To-Human Avian Flu Transmission in April As avian flu proliferates nationwide – and with cases now confirmed among humans and cattle – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a virtual...
Gillibrand Statement On Warrant Applications By The International Criminal Court
“The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s requests for arrest warrants against Israeli leadership is absurd in the extreme and reveals the ICC’s notorious anti-Israel bias. The prosecutor’s equivalence of Israel with Hamas, a terrorist organization that rapes,...
As Avian Flu Spreads To Cattle, Gillibrand Convenes Public Health Experts In NYC To Call On White House To Strengthen Interagency Coordination To Respond To Outbreak
New Strain of Avian Flu Infecting American Cattle For First Time; First Report of Cow-To-Human Avian Flu Transmission in April As avian flu proliferates nationwide – and with cases now confirmed among humans and cattle – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a...
Gillibrand Statement on Decline in Military Sexual Assaults
New Data Marks The First Decrease In Sexual Assault Reports In The Military In Eight Years Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Department of Defense’s (DoD)...
Gillibrand, Hawley Announce Bipartisan Legislation to Fight Mail Theft, Protect Postal Workers From Assault
In the First Half Fiscal Year 2023, the USPS Reported More Than 25,000 Incidents of Mail Theft Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) announced the introduction of the Protect Our Letter Carriers Act, legislation to...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.2 Million To Support The Arts, Music, And Boost Educational & Cultural Programming Across Upstate New York Through The National Endowment For The Arts
NEA Grants Help Support Artists, Musicians, As Well As Research And Learning In History, Literature, Arts & Other Areas Of The Humanities Schumer, Gillibrand: Investing In The Arts Is How We Paint A More Vibrant Picture For New York’s Future! U.S. Senate Majority...
Gillibrand Statement on House Passage of Bill to Regulate Faulty E-bike Batteries
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on the House passage of the bipartisan Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act, legislation that would establish the first federal safety standards for lithium-ion batteries...
Gillibrand Calls For Boost In Federal Funding For Local Fire Departments
Many NY Fire Departments Are Using 20+ Year Old Gear; Funding Would Provide New Equipment, Fight Staffing Shortages Last Year, Gillibrand Helped Deliver Over 200 Grants Totaling Nearly $50 Million To NY Fire Departments - But There Is Still More Need Today, U.S....
Gillibrand, Capito, Sinema Announce Senate Passage Of Bill To Award Billie Jean King The Congressional Gold Medal
Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) announced that the Senate unanimously passed their bipartisan legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and American icon Billie Jean King....
In Albany, As NY Police Departments Face Unprecedented Staffing Shortages, Senator Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Bill To Provide $24 Million In Funding For Child Care For The Police Workforce
Albany Police Department Has Dealt With Dozens Of Vacancies In Recent Months Today, as police departments across New York face unprecedented workforce shortages, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a press conference at the Albany Police Department’s Washington Ave...