Press Releases
Gillibrand, With Seven Senate Colleagues, Urges Appropriations Committee To Maintain Critical Funding To Appalachian Regional Commission In Fiscal Year 2018
Since its inception, ARC has created more than 300,000 jobs
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.1M in Fed Funding for Great Lakes Restoration; Urge President To Reverse Course and Fully Fund Program Next Year
EPA Funding Will Support NYS Department Of Environmental Conservation’s Efforts To Fight Invasive Species. GLRI Funds Have Brought Millions Of Dollars In Environmental Research, Clean-Up And Restoration Across Upstate NY & Great Lakes Region Since First Established In 2010. Schumer, Gillibrand: Protecting Our Waterways Must Be A Top Priority.
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Senate Appropriations Committee to Provide Robust Federal Funding to Brookhaven National Lab
Trump Administration’s Proposed Budget Would Cut Over $110 Million In Federal Funding For The Lab’s Activities & Lead To Over 600 Layoffs At Brookhaven
Gillibrand Introduces Legislation To End Discrimination Against Potential LGBT Adoptive and Foster Parents Based on Their Sexual Orientation; Open More Loving Homes To Children Being Left Behind
Every Child Deserves A Family Act Would Remove Barriers to LGBT Adoption & Foster Care An Estimated 427,000 Children are in U.S. Foster Care System; ?In 2015 20,000 children “Aged Out” Before Finding a Permanent Home
Following Gillibrand’s Urging, EPA Extends Public Comment Period For Hudson River Superfund Site Designation
With Comment Period Originally Scheduled To End June 30th, Gillibrand Called For Additional Opportunity To Allow Local Residents & Public Officials To Voice Environmental And Safety Concerns
Senator Gillibrand Statement On Former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate Intelligence Committee Testimony
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today issued the following statement on former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: “It was stunning to hear the former FBI Director testify under...
Gillibrand, Cassidy, Capito Introduce National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Bill
Washington, DC – US Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced legislation to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for 10 years. The NFIP is currently set to expire on September 30,...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $299K In U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Funding For Cornell University
National Institute Of Food And Agriculture Funds Will Be Used To Support Research And Extension Grants; Take On Critical Problems Facing U.S. Agriculture Schumer & Gillibrand urged the creation of NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative in 2014 Farm Bill
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $80,000 In Federal Funds For Hartwick College
Federal Funding For Hartwick College Will Be Used To Develop Malting Barley Quality Laboratory
Gillibrand, Rubio Introduce Bipartisan Legislation Enhancing State Dept Role In Combating Anti-Semitism
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act, bipartisan legislation that would enhance the State Department’s role in combating...