Press Releases

“Blue Water” Navy Vets Excluded from Receiving Disability and Health Care Benefits by VA Under Current Law. Legislation Would Fix This Injustice, Require VA to Provide VA Benefits to Thousands of Navy Vets Exposed to Agent Orange

Lawmakers Call for Establishment of an African Burial Ground Memorial Museum & Education Center; Museum Will Honor Thousands of Individuals Buried at Site

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately one in six Americans get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 fatalities annually from eating unsafe food Currently, there are approximately 30 laws collectively administered on a piecemeal basis by 15 federal agencies Senators: This fragmented federal food safety system has raised concerns for decades…… Today’s GAO report reinforces the urgent need to improve the food safety inspection system

For Over a Century, St. John’s Episcopal Church Kept its Doors Open to All Parish Members and Individuals in Need

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and a group of 31 Senators today demanded answers from a leading pharmaceutical company about the dramatic price hike for a life-saving medication used to respond to opioid overdoses.

Gillibrand: We need an Attorney General who will fight every day for equal justice and equal protection under our laws; Senator Sessions has no record of doing that

Bill would create a universal, gender-neutral paid family and medical leave program for all workers for the cost of a cup of coffee per week Gillibrand: Time to pass the FAMILY Act is now; Workers are losing income, jobs and businesses are losing employees every day that goes by without a national paid family leave program

Every year, an estimated tens of thousands of seniors in New York are victims of financial scams and abuse, while scammers get away with very few consequences Gillibrand will make fighting senior fraud a priority in the 115th Congress and help seniors get the tools and resources they need to fight back against financial fraud

Every year, an estimated tens of thousands of seniors in New York are victims of financial scams and abuse, while scammers get away with very few consequences Gillibrand will make fighting senior fraud a priority in the 115th Congress and help seniors get the tools and resources they need to fight back against financial fraud

Every year, an estimated tens of thousands of seniors in New York are victims of financial scams and abuse, while scammers get away with very few consequences Gillibrand will make fighting senior fraud a priority in the 115th Congress and help seniors get the tools and resources they need to fight back against financial fraud