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Senator Gillibrand Questions Commandant Of Marine Corps At Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing Following Allegations That Current And Former United States Marines Circulated Illicit Images Of Female Service Members And Veterans

**WATCH Senator Gillibrand at SASC Hearing Here** Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand questioned Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, this morning at the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing on the illicit images of female...

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Senator Gillibrand Vows to Stop Congressional Effort Currently Underway to Make It Easier For Criminals to Obtain Gun Silencers

Gillibrand Announces New Effort to Fight Congressional Legislation to Eliminate Gun Silencers from the Protective Requirement of the National Firearms Act, Making It Easier for Criminals to Obtain these Deadly Weapons, Making it Harder for Law Enforcement to Catch Criminals and Use ShotSpotter Technology Donald Trump Jr. Recently Called for Ending Restrictions on Dangerous Gun Silencers Because He Doesn’t Want to Have to Wear Hearing Protection When He Is Out Hunting and Wants To Make It Easier

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As a Result of Recent Threats to the Jewish Community Centers and Other Religious and Cultural Institutions, Gillibrand Leads Bipartisan Letter with 18 Senators Urging Department of Homeland Security to Increase Critical Federal Security Funds in Fiscal Year ’18

Since the beginning of 2017, there were over 100 threats made against Jewish centers and schools; NYC has seen 54 percent increase in hate crimes over same timespan from last year Increased funding to Nonprofit Security Grant Program would cover security costs in key areas including prevention and rapid response

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Gillibrand, Schumer Unveil New Plan to Ensure Safer Drinking Water Across NY: Harmful Contaminants Found in New York Drinking Water- From Hoosick Falls to Newburgh to Long Island- Require Fed Action; Senators Intro Legislation to Protect New Yorkers From Dangerous Toxins From NY Water

New Bill Would Force EPA To Develop a Maximum Contaminant Level for Perfluorinated Compounds like PFOS & PFOA, and 1,4 Dioxane, Perchlorate Federal Maximum Contaminant Level in Drinking Water Does Not Yet Exist for these Chemicals & Many Questions On Health Risks Remain Gillibrand, Schumer: We Will Use Every Ounce Of Our Influence To Drop Dangerous Chemicals From NY Water

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