Press Releases
Gillibrand Calling For $350 Million In Federal Funding For Rural Broadband
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand led a bipartisan push calling for $350 million in federal funding for USDA’s Rural Broadband Access Grant, Loan and Loan Guarantee Program to be included in the Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations bill. The rural broadband...
Gillibrand Leads Senate Call For Federal Funding To Keep Communities Safe From Lead Poisoning
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led a group of 19 senators to call for robust federal funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) lead-based paint abatement, inspection, and enforcement programs. The senators noted that despite a decline in...
Following Substantial Rise In Antisemitic And Anti-Muslim Incidents Across The Country Since October 7th, Gillibrand, Peters, Rosen, Lankford Lead Bipartisan Push For Funding To Protect Synagogues, Mosques, And Other Religious Institutions
Reported Antisemitic Incidents Increased By 360% And Anti-Muslim/Anti-Palestinian Discrimination By 180% Since October 7th Following a disturbing rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia across the country since October 7th, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Gary...
Following Substantial Rise In Antisemitic And Anti-Muslim Incidents Across The Country Since October 7th, Gillibrand, Peters, Rosen Lead 33 Senators In Push To Provide $400 Million To Protect Synagogues, Mosques, And Other Religious Institutions
Reported Antisemitic Incidents Increased By 360% And Anti-Muslim/Anti-Palestinian Discrimination By 180% Since October 7th Following a disturbing rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia across the country since October 7th, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Gary...
As Avian Flu Spreads To Cattle, Gillibrand Calls On White House To Strengthen Interagency Coordination To Respond To Outbreak
New Strain of Avian Flu Infecting American Cattle For First Time; First Report of Cow-To-Human Avian Flu Transmission in April As avian flu proliferates nationwide – and with cases now confirmed among humans and cattle – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a virtual...
Gillibrand Statement On Warrant Applications By The International Criminal Court
“The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s requests for arrest warrants against Israeli leadership is absurd in the extreme and reveals the ICC’s notorious anti-Israel bias. The prosecutor’s equivalence of Israel with Hamas, a terrorist organization that rapes,...
As Avian Flu Spreads To Cattle, Gillibrand Convenes Public Health Experts In NYC To Call On White House To Strengthen Interagency Coordination To Respond To Outbreak
New Strain of Avian Flu Infecting American Cattle For First Time; First Report of Cow-To-Human Avian Flu Transmission in April As avian flu proliferates nationwide – and with cases now confirmed among humans and cattle – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a...
Gillibrand Statement on Decline in Military Sexual Assaults
New Data Marks The First Decrease In Sexual Assault Reports In The Military In Eight Years Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Department of Defense’s (DoD)...
Gillibrand, Hawley Announce Bipartisan Legislation to Fight Mail Theft, Protect Postal Workers From Assault
In the First Half Fiscal Year 2023, the USPS Reported More Than 25,000 Incidents of Mail Theft Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) announced the introduction of the Protect Our Letter Carriers Act, legislation to...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.2 Million To Support The Arts, Music, And Boost Educational & Cultural Programming Across Upstate New York Through The National Endowment For The Arts
NEA Grants Help Support Artists, Musicians, As Well As Research And Learning In History, Literature, Arts & Other Areas Of The Humanities Schumer, Gillibrand: Investing In The Arts Is How We Paint A More Vibrant Picture For New York’s Future! U.S. Senate Majority...