Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Department Of Agriculture To Prevent Any Lapse In Access To Farmers Markets For Vital Food Assistance Program; Senators Warn That Any Disruption Could Have Devastating Impact On Families, Senior Citizens, And Farmers Who Supply Farmers Markets
With Electronic Benefit Transfer Services At Farmers Markets Under Threat By Novo Dia Ending Operations, Schumer And Gillibrand Urge The Department Of Agriculture’s Food, Nutrition And Consumer Services To Do Everything Possible To Prevent Any Potential Disruptions
Following Alarming USA Today Story That Pentagon Continues To Block Release Of New Report On The Risk Of Sexual Assault At Each U.S. Military Base, Gillibrand, Ernst, Demand Transparency, Urge Secretary Mattis To Immediately Publish This Crucial Information And Take Military’s Sexual Assault Problem More Seriously
Nonpartisan Report by the RAND Corporation Reportedly Assesses Each U.S. Military Base by Risk of Sexual Assault; Defense Department has Blocked Release of the Report for Months; Gillibrand, Ernst: Transparency and Accountability are Critical in Addressing the Continued Challenge of Sexual Assault in the Military
With Many Low-Income Families And Communities Of Color Across New York Lacking Access To Basic Banking Services, Gillibrand Visits Buffalo To Announce Legislation To Create A Postal Bank, Protect New Yorkers From Predatory Lenders, Ensure All New Yorkers Have Access To A Bank In Their Community
Over One Million New Yorkers, Particularly Low-Income New Yorkers and Communities of Color, Have No Access to Traditional Banks, Forcing Them to Use High-Cost Alternatives for the Most Basic Financial Services and Trapping Them in a Cycle of Poverty; According to a Recent Report, Buffalo Is One of the Top Ten Unbanked Large Cities in the United States; Gillibrand’s Postal Banking Act Would Provide Low-Cost, Basic Financial Services to New Yorkers Who Lack Access to Banks
As Seniors Across New York Continue To Face Soaring Prescription Drug Prices, Gillibrand Visits Watertown To Announce Legislation To Drive Down Costs And Increase Access To Safe, Affordable Medications
Trump Administration Refuses to Defend Pre-Existing Condition Protections in Lawsuit That Would Kick Millions Off of Insurance and Could Raise Prescription Medication Costs; Last Year, Nearly 28 Million Americans Experienced a Spike in Prescription Medication Prices and Many Seniors Were Forced to Go Without Their Prescription Drugs in the Face of Rising Costs
Following Her Push, Gillibrand Announces Senate Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Expand Small Business Administration’s Microloan Program, Help Minority-And Women-Owned Businesses Succeed
Bipartisan Legislation Cosponsored by Gillibrand Would Make It Easier for Entrepreneurs to Access Capital and Grow Their Small Businesses; Microloan Program Provides Loans and Technical Assistance to Women and Minority Business Owners Who Face Challenges Accessing Capital from Banks
With Small And Disadvantaged Communities Across New York State Struggling To Provide Clean Drinking Water To Residents, Gillibrand Pushes For Legislation To Increase Funding To Clean Up Water Contamination, Require Transparency From EPA About Water Pollution In New York
Some Small and Economically Disadvantaged Communities Across New York Have Been Exposed to Dangerous Levels of Drinking Water Contamination, But Don’t Have the Resources to Clean Up Their Water; Legislation Would Increase Funding for Disadvantaged Communities to Comply with Safe Drinking Water Act Requirements, Help Communities Identify At-Risk Drinking Water Systems, and Modernize Testing of Public Water Systems
As Seniors Across New York Continue To Face Soaring Prescription Drug Prices, Gillibrand Visits Utica To Announce Legislation To Drive Down Costs And Increase Access To Safe, Affordable Medications
Trump Administration Refuses to Defend Pre-Existing Condition Protections in Lawsuit That Would Kick Millions Off of Insurance and Could Raise Prescription Medication Costs; Last Year, Nearly 28 Million Americans Experienced a Spike in Prescription Medication Prices and Many Seniors Were Forced to Go Without Their Prescription Drugs in the Face of Rising Costs
As Seniors Across New York Continue To Face Soaring Prescription Drug Prices, Gillibrand Visits Troy To Announce Legislation To Drive Down Costs And Increase Access To Safe, Affordable Medications
Trump Administration Refuses to Defend Pre-Existing Condition Protections in Lawsuit That Would Kick Millions Off of Insurance and Could Raise Prescription Medication Costs; Last Year, Nearly 28 Million Americans Experienced a Spike in Prescription Medication Prices and Many Seniors Were Forced to Go Without Their Prescription Drugs in the Face of Rising Costs
As Seniors Across New York Continue To Face Soaring Prescription Drug Prices, Gillibrand Visits Long Island To Announce Legislation To Drive Down Costs And Increase Access To Safe, Affordable Medications
Trump Administration Refuses to Defend Pre-Existing Condition Protections in Lawsuit That Would Kick Millions Off of Insurance and Could Raise Prescription Medication Costs; Last Year, Nearly 28 Million Americans Experienced a Spike in Prescription Medication Prices and Many Seniors Were Forced to Go Without Their Prescription Drugs in the Face of Rising Costs
Gillibrand, Stefanik Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort To Protect New York’s Natural Resources And Prevent Invasive Species From Entering The United States
The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act Would Give Federal Wildlife Officials the Ability to Block the Importation of Species that Pose an Imminent Threat to New York’s Natural Resources; Invasive Species Such As Asian Carp and the Emerald Ash Borer Continue to Threaten New York’s Native Ecosystems