Press Releases
Protecting The Social Safety Net: Gillibrand And East Harlem Elected Officials Demand No Cuts To Social Security
Today, Senator Gillibrand stood alongside East Harlem elected officials to urgently call on the Trump administration to protect Social Security after their repeated actions to cut back the agency and the critical services it provides. New York City is home to one of...
Gillibrand Slams Trump Administration Attempts To Close Social Security Offices, Limit Phone Support
So-Called “Department Of Government Efficiency” Listed 47 Social Security Administration Offices for Closure - Including 2 in New York DOGE’s Attacks on the SSA Have Resulted in Skyrocketing Wait Times and Website Crashes Trump Administration Official Claims That Only...
Gillibrand Condemns Trump Policy Making It Harder For Veterans To Get Mental Health Care
Trump’s Indiscriminate, Haphazard Policies Are Once Again Hurting Americans U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a virtual press conference to highlight a Trump administration policy that is making it harder for veterans to receive mental health care. On...
Gillibrand, Schumer, Mannion Demand Answers On Trump Administration’s Potential Plans To Close Syracuse USDA Offices, Layoffs Of USDA Staff Who Serve New Yorkers
Closure Of Offices Could Mean End To Programs That Provide Grants And Loans To Farmers, Help Rural Communities Recover From Natural Disasters Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Representative John Mannion are demanding...
Gillibrand Statement On Trump’s Reckless Executive Order To Eliminate The Department Of Education
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on President Trump’s executive order to eliminate the Department of Education: “President Trump is playing games with our kids’ futures. By gutting the Department of Education, he will...
Senator Gillibrand Demands USDA Reverse $1 Billion In Canceled Funding For Local Food Purchases
In New York, the cancellation of funding jeopardizes more than $63 million for food purchases for food banks, schools, child care centers Senator Gillibrand joined a group of 31 senators demanding a reversal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cancellation of food...
Gillibrand Statement On The Death Of Nita Lowey
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on the passing of former United States Congresswoman Nita Lowey: “Today, New York mourns the loss of former Congresswoman Nita Lowey. Nita was not only my colleague for many years, but she was also a...
Gillibrand Statement On Continuing Resolution To Fund The Government
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement after her vote to advance the continuing resolution to fund the government through September 30, 2025: “President Trump and Elon Musk directed House Republicans to pass a partisan spending bill...
Gillibrand, Wicker Introduce Legislation To Conserve Forests
Senators Reintroduce Forest Conservation Easement Program Act U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Roger Wicker (R-MS) are reintroducing the Forest Conservation Easement Program Act, which would help conserve working forests and give landowners more options to ensure...
Gillibrand Blasts Trump Plan To Gut The VA, Strip Health Care From Veterans
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a virtual press conference blasting the Trump administration’s plan to fire more than 80,000 VA employees — roughly 20,000 of whom are veterans themselves – and to push back against the administration's blatantly dishonest...