Press Releases
Senators Schumer And Gillibrand Introduce Legislation To Name Post Office In Honor Of Maurice Hinchey
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today introduced legislation to rename the U.S. Post Office at 111 Market St, Saugerties, New York after former U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey....
Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Legislation To Expand Small Business Administration’s Microloan Program, Help Women And Minority-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
Gillibrand Visits Niagara Gear in Buffalo To Hear From Workers About Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) Help Workers Share In The Success of Companies, Reduce The Risk Of Businesses Suddenly Leaving Their Communities, Gillibrand Met With Employees Currently Enrolled In Niagara Gear’s ESOP To Inform Her Legislation Supporting Employee Ownership Across The Country
Gillibrand Statement On Reports That Attorney General Sessions Will Rescind Current Federal Marijuana Policy
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement regarding news reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will rescind current policy and allow federal prosecutors to decide how aggressively to enforce...
Senator Gillibrand Urges German Ambassador To Work With Department Of State To Deport Nazi-Era Guard Currently Living In Queens
Nazi-Era Guard Initially Entered the U.S. Under False Pretenses; Although His Citizenship Has Since Been Stripped, the Deportation Case Has Stalled Because No Country Will Accept Him, Government of Germany Should Come Together with State Department Now To Show The World We Learned From The Past And Stand Together Today Against Anti-Semitism, Bigotry, And Hatred In All Forms
Senator Gillibrand Leads Bipartisan Group Of Senators In Calling On House And Senate Leadership To Prevent DOJ From Interfering With Implementation Of State Medical Marijuana Laws
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today led a bipartisan group of Senators in calling on House and Senate leadership to include a provision in the Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations package to prevent the Department of Justice (DOJ) from using any...
Schumer, Gillibrand And 13 Senate Democrats Call On The Department Of Transportation To Hold Railroads Accountable For Implementation Of Positive Train Control After Fatal Derailments And Safety Lapses
Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined a group of 13 Senate Democrats to call on Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to hold railroads accountable for failing to implement sufficient safety...
Gillibrand Statement On Senate Data Disclosing At Least $600,000 Of Taxpayer Money Secretly Spent To Settle Workplace Misconduct In The Senate
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement in response to the report that at least $600,000 in taxpayer money has been spent settling Senate workplace misconduct claims over the past 20 years. Gillibrand recently introduced bipartisan...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $1.5 Million In Federal Funding For New Advanced Manufacturing Facility At Hudson Valley Community College
Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal Investment Will Train Workers To Adapt To New World Of High-Tech Manufacturing
On Senate Floor, Gillibrand Calls On Congress To Take Action To Protect Dreamers
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dreamers Are At Risk Of Being Deported From The Only Country They Know As Home, Gillibrand: “If The President Won’t Lead, Then Congress Must Lead, And We Need To Lead Now”