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Gillibrand Statement On Impeachment Of President Trump
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on charges of obstruction of justice and abuse of power: “As a senator, I swore an oath to...
Schumer, Gillibrand Deliver For Upstate NY Teachers; Senators Reject Administration’s Thoughtless Proposal To Totally Eliminate Teacher Recruitment Grant Program, Instead Fought To Increase Funding By $76 Million In Upcoming Spending Package
In Recent Months, A Serious Teacher Shortage Hit Upstate New York; Over The Last Decade, NY Has Lost 21,000 Teachers; Schumer, Gillibrand Reject Administration’s Plan To Eliminate Title II Supporting Effective Instruction State Grant Program, Which Provides Funding For Teacher Recruitment & Retention; Instead Secure $76 Million Increase For Program; Senators: Title II Funding Will Help Expel NY’s Teacher Shortage Trend
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce: As Part Of Soon-To-Pass Bipartisan Spending Bill, High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program Will Remain Under Office Of National Drug Control Policy, Receive $5M Increase For FY2020; Senators Say Program Plays Essential Role In Combatting Opioid Epidemic
HIDTA Program Provides Special Resources & Critical Coordination To Choke Off Drugs & Drug Trafficking In 26 New York Counties; In The Recently-Unveiled Bipartisan Appropriations Bill, Schumer, Gillibrand Successfully Rebuffed Admin Proposal That Would Move HIDTA Program Away From The Office Of National Drug Control Policy, Where It Works Well; Senators Also Secured $5M Boost For Critical Program; Senators: HIDTA Ain’t Broke, So Don’t “Fix” It With Unwarranted, New Bureaucracy
After Recent Report Reveals Potentially Hazardous At-Risk Dams Throughout New York, Gillibrand Calls On Congress To Help Fix Aging Infrastructure And Prevent Dam Failures
There Are Currently Dozens of High Hazard Potential Dams in New York that Could Breach and Cause Life-Threating Flooding to Homes and Businesses
After Years Long Battle, Schumer, Gillibrand Secure +$75 Million In Fed Funding For West Valley Demonstration Project Clean Up In Just-Unveiled Spending Package; Neglected Program Has Posed Health & Environmental Threat
The West Valley Reprocessing Plant—An Operational Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility Between 1966-72—Left Millions Of Gallons Of Radioactive Waste In WNY’s Backyard; Schumer, Gillibrand Announce 2020 Spending Package Set To Pass Congress Imminently, Includes $75.2 Million In Federal Funding To Further Clean-Up Out-Of-Use Former Nuclear Site; Senators: Spending Package Will Provide West Valley With Resources Necessary To Keep Cleanup On Track For 2020, But More Work Still Must Be Done
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce, Following Their Year+ Of Advocacy, Soon-To-Pass Bipartisan Budget Deal Includes $44 Million For New Top-Priority Railhead & Uav Hangar At Fort Drum; Senators Say Projects Will Modernize Base Infrastructure, Enhance Readiness & Boost The North Country Economy
Fiscal Year 2020 Omnibus Budget Package, Which Is Set To Pass Congress This Week, Includes $21M To Fully Fund Construction Of Fort Drum Railhead To Enhance Deployable Readiness; New Spending Bill Also Includes Full Funding For Construction Of A New $23M UAV Hangar At Fort Drum, To Properly Service And House Additional Tactical UAVs Year-Round; Senators: Railhead Improvement And New UAV Hangar At Fort Drum Will Keep World-Class Installation Ahead Of The Curve
Schumer, Gillibrand, Brindisi Announce Over $272M For Rome Lab In Soon-To-Pass Bipartisan Spending Package; Includes Additional Spending To Further Revolutionary Study Of Quantum Computing And Artificial Intelligence; Officials Say Funding Boost Will Supercharge World-Class Capabilities
The Air Force Research Laboratory In Rome Will Receive Over $272M In Funding For Fiscal Year 2020 – More Than $34M Above The President’s Budget Request & $27M More Than Fiscal Year 2019; Representatives Directly Secured Funding For Rome Lab To Advance Groundbreaking Study Of Quantum Information Science & To Boost DOD’s Artificial Intelligence Programs; Schumer, Gillibrand, Brindisi: Funding Will Keep Rome Lab At The Military’s Epicenter Of Quantum Computing And Artificial Intelligence, While Boo
Gillibrand, Schumer Announce That Following Their Push, Adirondack Mountain Renamed After New York Suffragist Inez Milholland
Labor Lawyer and Civil Rights Advocate, Milholland Championed Women’s Right to Vote
Schumer, Gillibrand To IJC: Immediately Begin Overhaul Analysis Of How To Change Plan 2014 Now That $1.5M Is Secured In Soon-To-Pass Spending Deal; Senators Call For Analysis To Get Underway ASAP To Address Plan 2014 Faults Before Flooding Season Hits And More Vital Property Is Damaged
In Both 2017 And 2019, Lake Ontario Communities Were Ravaged By Intense Flooding, Leading To Millions In Damages; Today’s Water Levels Are 17 Inches Higher Than Monthly Average; Senators Call On IJC To Use $1.5 Million Included In Soon-To-Pass Bipartisan Omnibus Spending Package To Immediately Begin Overhaul Study Of Plan 2014; Schumer, Gillibrand To IJC: Money Is In The Bank, Now Get To Work!
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $665 Million In Just-Reached Fed Budget Deal For Anti-Terrorism Funding NYPD Needs To Keep Us Safe In & Around NYPD
Department of Homeland Security UASI Program Provides Funding to Address Needs of High-Threat Urban Areas, & NYC Gets Lion Share Of Fed Pot To Protect Against & Train For Against Acts of Terrorism; President’s Budget Funded The Anti-Terror Program At Just $426M; Deal Represents A 56% Increase