Press Releases
Following Troubling Report That White House Intervened In Release Of Study On PFAS To Avoid “Public Relations Nightmare,” Gillibrand Leads 10 Other Senators In Calling On EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt & Other Administration Officials To Immediately Release Department Of Health And Human Services Study And All Internal Documents Discussing Attempted Cover-Up
Study that Trump administration and top EPA officials attempted to keep secret shows that PFAS pose a danger to human health at lower levels than what EPA is currently telling the public Gillibrand, Schumer: This is an unacceptable failure of leadership and a failure to protect public health. Gillibrand, Schumer: This is an unacceptable failure of leadership and a failure to protect public health
Following Troubling Report That White House Intervened In Release Of Study On PFAS To Avoid “Public Relations Nightmare,” Gillibrand Leads 10 Other Senators In Calling On EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt & Other Administration Officials To Immediately Release Department Of Health And Human Services Study And All Internal Documents Discussing Attempted Cover-Up
Study that Trump administration and top EPA officials attempted to keep secret shows that PFAS pose a danger to human health at lower levels than what EPA is currently telling the public
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $3 Million In Head Start And Early Head Start Funding For Cortland County Community Action Program
Funding Will be Used to Support Early Education for Low-Income Children In Cortland County
With Historically Low Milk Prices Continuing To Hurt Dairy Farmers Across New York, Gillibrand Calls On USDA To Approve Immediate Emergency Funding To Support Farmers
Gillibrand: This is a Crisis for our Rural Upstate New York Communities, and USDA Needs to Extend the Same Emergency Relief to Dairy Farmers That They Have Given to Other Struggling Agricultural Industries
Gillibrand Visits Rochester To Announce Bipartisan Co-Op And Employee Ownership Legislation
Cooperatives and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) Help Workers Share in the Success of Companies and Reduce the Risk of Businesses Suddenly Leaving Their Communities; Gillibrand has Previously Met with Employees Currently Working at Cooperatives and ESOPs to Inform Her Legislation Supporting Employee Ownership Across the Country
Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Legislation To Expand Small Business Administration’s Microloan Program, Help Minority- And Women-Owned Businesses Succeed
Legislation 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; Legislation Recently Passed Out of Key Committee with Unanimous Support, Now Heads to Senate Floor
Gillibrand Visits Long Island Association To Announce Bipartisan Co-Op And Employee Ownership Legislation
Cooperatives and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) Help Workers Share in the Success of Companies and Reduce the Risk of Businesses Suddenly Leaving Their Communities; Gillibrand has Previously Met with Employees Currently Working at Cooperatives and ESOPs to Inform Her Legislation Supporting Employee Ownership Across the Country
Gillibrand Announces Legislation To Increase Transparency And Accountability For Border Patrol And Ice Agents
Under Current Law, Border Patrol Agents Do Not Have to Keep Records of Every Stop They Conduct, Despite Routinely Questioning Train and Bus Passengers About Their Immigration Status
Gillibrand, Sanders, Pocan Introduce Legislation To Protect And Strengthen Workers’ Rights
Union Workers are 50% Less Likely to Be Victims of Health and Safety Violations or of Wage Theft, 18% More Likely to Have Health Coverage, and 23% More Likely to Have Either an Employer-Sponsored Pension or 401(k)
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce: Over $6.3 Million In Fed Funds On The Way To Staten Island Ferry For Major Improvements; Platform & Walkway Work Will Improve Safety, Flow Of Passengers & Ferry Function
Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $6,303,200 in federal funding for the New York City Department of Transportation. The funding was provided by the U.S. Department of...