Press Releases
Gillibrand, Murkowski Press Hegseth On Potential Undermining Of DoD Sexual Assault Prevention And Response
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressing serious concern about possible Department of Defense guidance...
Gillibrand, Schumer, Torres Push The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission To Swiftly Finalize Federal Regulations For Lithium-Ion Batteries; Rule Would Make E-Bikes Safer
Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Caused 1,000+ Fires And 34 Deaths Since 2019 In New York City Alone Rulemaking Would Protect Innocent Americans From The Dangers Of Cheap And Defective Imported Lithium-Ion Batteries WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S....
Protecting Social Security: Gillibrand, Goldman, Seniors, Unions Rally To Demand No Cuts To Social Security Benefits
Today, Senator Gillibrand joined with Rep. Dan Goldman, unions, and seniors at a rally to protect Social Security from the Trump administration and to call on the administration to immediately halt its efforts to cut agency staff and the critical services Social...
Gillibrand Demands Answers From HHS On Mass Firings At HRSA That Imperil Primary Care and Maternal Health
New York Has Over 4,300 HRSA Health Care And Service Delivery Sites So Far In FY2025, HRSA Has Awarded Over $256 Million In Funding To Health Programs And Facilities In New York Firings Include Workers Who Oversee The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, Which...
Gillibrand Presses Social Security Commissioner on Benefit Portal Malfunctions, Planned Firings of SSA Tech Workers
Lawmakers Send Letter Amidst Widespread Website Outages, Benefit Disruptions Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand wrote to Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek to demand that the Social Security Administration (SSA) address...
Gillibrand Joins 178 Colleagues In Introducing Bill To Raise Federal Minimum Wage To $17 By 2030
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the Raise the Wage Act alongside 32 of her colleagues in the Senate and 146 members of the House of Representatives. This bicameral legislation would raise the minimum wage to $17 for all workers and gradually eliminate...
Senators Gillibrand, Wyden Lead A Group Of 21 Senators In Demanding That The Trump Administration Stop Their Attacks On Social Security
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Senator Ron Wyden, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, led a group of 21 senators in a letter calling on the Trump administration and the so-called...
Senator Gillibrand And Congressmembers Lawler And Gillen Demand Answers From Secretary Kennedy On Head Start Field Office Closures
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Congressmembers Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Laura Gillen (D-NY), sent a letter to United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding answers on closures of Office of Head Start (OHS)...
Gillibrand Blasts Trump’s Tariff Tax Hike, Which Will Raise Inflation, Slow Economic Growth, And Increase Cost Of Living For New York Families; Pushes Legislation To Reassert Congress’ Power Over Tariffs
Trump’s Tariffs Could Cost New York Households Almost $4,000 Extra Per Year For Gas, Groceries, And Other Everyday Goods Tax Hike Will Also Devastate Small Businesses, Lower Life Savings, And Kill Good-Paying Jobs Across New York Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand...
Gillibrand Reintroduces Legislation To Designate The Finger Lakes Region As A National Heritage Region
Legislation Would Promote Tourism And Help Preserve The History And Environment Of The Finger Lakes Region U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand reintroduced the bipartisan Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Act, which would designate the Finger Lakes region as a National...