Press Releases
Gillibrand, Colleagues Press Social Security Head On Plan To Slash Field Office Visits
Lawmakers raise alarm about whether Trump administration is seeking to “quietly kill field offices,” implement backdoor benefits cuts “Once again, you seem to have adopted a slash-first, think-later approach to ‘modernizing’ SSA, and beneficiaries will pay the price,”...
Gillibrand Statement On The Antisemitic Terrorist Attack In Australia
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement on the antisemitic terrorist attack in Australia: “On the first night of Hanukkah, a celebration of Jewish resilience and determination, I stand with the Jewish people around the world and in...
Trump Is Scrooge’ing New Yorkers This Holiday Season: In Syracuse, Gillibrand Slams Trump For Hurting Small Businesses With Tariffs
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined the owners of Talking Cursive Brewing Company and local elected officials to denounce President Trump’s tariffs, which she said are wreaking havoc on small businesses this holiday season. Earlier this week, Gillibrand...
Gillibrand Urges President Trump To Follow Through On Easing Federal Marijuana Restrictions
Today, amid reports that President Trump will direct federal agencies to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement: “I was encouraged to see the Drug Enforcement Administration first move to...
Trump is Scrooge’ing New Yorkers This Holiday Season: In Williamsville, Gillibrand Slams Trump For Hurting Small Businesses With Tariffs
THE GRINCH WON’T STEAL CHRISTMAS, TARIFFS WILL Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand hosted a media availability to discuss the Trump administration’s destructive tariffs. This week, Senator Gillibrand called on President Trump and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard...
Gillibrand Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Surveillance Pricing
As AI Tools Increasingly Allow Companies To Target Consumers And Drive Up Prices, Gillibrand Is Taking Action To Protect New Yorkers Against Unfair Pricing Practices Legislation Comes As New York Leads First-Ever State-Level Push to Expose Data-Driven Price Gouging...
Gillibrand Statement On Republicans’ Refusal To Extend Enhanced ACA Tax Credits
Today, after Senate Republicans blocked the Democratic plan to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies for three years and lower health care costs for tens of millions of Americans, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement: ...
Gillibrand Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Support Family Farmers, Grow Agritourism Across New York
New York State Lost 5,000 Farms Over the Last Decade As Rising Costs Strain Farms Across the Country Nearly 95% of Farms Across New York Are Family-Owned, Driving a Rapidly Growing Agritourism Industry Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced...
Ahead Of Vote To Preserve Subsidies That Help Millions Of New Yorkers Afford Health Care, Gillibrand Demands That Republicans Support A Three-Year Extension Of ACA Tax Credits
As Many As 1.7 Million New Yorkers Could See Their Health Care Costs Skyrocket in the New Year if Subsidies Are Not Extended on Thursday Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a virtual press conference to demand that her Republican colleagues vote to...
Schumer, Gillibrand Secure $224.5 Million Authorization For Rome Air Force Research Lab In National Defense Bill
Senators Delivered Critical Authorization To Advance AFRL Rome’s Cutting-Edge Research, Development, And Innovation In Quantum Computing, Unmanned Aerial Systems, And Autonomous Cyberwarfare Schumer And Gillibrand Now Pushing To Deliver Authorized $$ For Rome Lab,...