Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Deliver Major Victories For Upstate New York In The Senate Farm Bill; Senators Went To Bat For Upstate New York Farmers – Say New Bill Includes Vital Victories And Will Boost Upstate New York’s Economy; Urge Their Colleagues In The Senate To Pass Farm Bill Immediately
Senators Successfully Fought For The Inclusion Of Key Benefits For Dairy Producers, Farmers, Consumers, Organic Farmers, And New York Jewels Like Hickey Freeman; Senators Urge Their Colleagues In The Senate To Pass Vital Bill That Includes Hard-Fought Priorities For Upstate New York
Following Her Push, Gillibrand Successfully Adds Bipartisan Rural Broadband Legislation To Senate Farm Bill
Gillibrand Provision Would Help Expand Access to High-Speed Broadband Internet to Rural and Tribal Areas in New York and around the Country
Following Her Push, Gillibrand Provision To Put $77 Million Back Into The Pockets Of Dairy Farmers Included In Senate Farm Bill
After New York Dairy Farmers Paid Millions in Premiums for Insurance Program that Left Them Empty-Handed When They Needed it The Most, Gillibrand’s Provision Would Return Thousands of Dollars to Dairy Farmers Across New York State; Under Gillibrand’s Provision, When the Farm Bill Becomes Law, Dairy Farmers Would Receive a Check for Up To Thousands of Dollars
After Meeting With Businesses Throughout New York That Support Workers Through Employee Ownership And Pushing For Legislation To Help Companies Transition To ESOPs or Co-Ops, Gillibrand Announces Her Bipartisan Employee Ownership Bill Included In National Defense Bill
Over the Last Year, Gillibrand has Met with Employees of Cooperatives and ESOPs In Regions All Across New York State to Support and Encourage Employee Ownership; Following Her Push, Gillibrand’s Bipartisan Main Street Employee Ownership Act Will Be Voted On in the Senate in the Coming Days As Part of the NDAA Bill
As Sexual Assault And Harassment Remain Pervasive Throughout The Military, Gillibrand Calls For A Vote On The Bipartisan Military Justice Improvement Act On The Senate Floor To Finally Address Crisis And Protect Service Members
Gillibrand Urges Congress To Pass the Bipartisan Military Justice Improvement Act to Establish an Impartial, Fair, and Accountable Military Justice System
As Automation Continues To Threaten Jobs Across New York, Gillibrand Announces Legislation To Support Workers Who Face Job Loss Due To Automation
According to a New Report Released This Week, 1.2 Million Jobs in New York State Could Be Eliminated and Replaced by Technology Such as Robotics and Artificial Intelligence; Gillibrand’s Legislation Would Provide Retraining and Reemployment Services for Workers Displaced by Automation, Help Workers Get the Skills They Need for Jobs in Fast-Growing, Emerging Industries
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce, Following Their Push: $190 Million To Complete Last Phase Of Canandaigua VA Campus Expansion Included In Senate VA Appropriations Bill; Senators Say $190 Million Would Complete Long-Sought Upgrade, Boost Quality Care For Veterans & Economic Development To Rochester Region
After Canandaigua VA Was Targeted For Closure in 2003, Schumer Successfully Led The Charge To Secure Over $161 Million For Phase I, Which Recently Broke Ground; Senators, Who Successfully Secured $190M In FY19 Senate The VA Appropriations Bill For Phase II, Announce Push To Maintain Funding In Final FY 19 Bill; Senators Say $190M Would Be Used To Build New Community Living Center Complex, Improve Domiciliary Facility, And Renovate Building 3, & Bolster Rehab And Physical Therapy Offerings
As Seniors Across New York Continue To Face Soaring Prescription Drug Prices, Gillibrand Visits Port Chester To Announce Legislation To Drive Down Costs And Increase Access To Safe, Affordable Medications
New Trump Administration Plan Falsely Claims to Lower Out-of-Pocket Costs for Seniors, But Costs Would Simply Be Redistributed and Potentially Go Up for Seniors Under the Inadequate Trump Plan; 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 Binghamton To Announce Legislation To Drive Down Costs And Increase Access To Safe, Affordable Medicatons
New Trump Administration Plan Falsely Claims to Lower Out-of-Pocket Costs for Seniors, But Costs Would Simply Be Redistributed and Potentially Go Up for Seniors Under the Inadequate Trump Plan; 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 Reports Increase Of Border Patrol Agents Tearing Children Away From Their Parents, Gillibrand Introduces Legislation With 31 Senate Colleagues To Halt Separation Of Immigrant Families
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced legislation, the Keep Families Together Act (S. 3036), to immediately stop the Department of Homeland Security from taking children from their parents at the border. On May 7, 2018, Attorney...