Press Releases
Ahead Of Funding Shortfall That Could Leave 2 Million Low-Income Children And Pregnant And Postpartum Women – Including 124,000 New Yorkers – Without Food Assistance, Gillibrand Calls For $1.4 Billion In Additional Funding For WIC Nutrition Program
Ahead of a funding shortfall that could leave nearly 2 million low-income children and pregnant and postpartum women throughout the United States without food assistance, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference to call for $1.4 billion in federal...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1 Million In Federal Funding For City Of Rome To Repair Damage And Help Restore Pinti Field Park From Flooding Damage From Tropical Storm Fred
Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that they secured $1,007,341.99 in federal funding for the City of Rome for repairs to Pinti Field Park, which was damaged by flood waters during Tropical Storm Fred in August of...
Starting Today, Department Of Defense To Implement Senator Gillibrand’s Historic Military Justice Reform And Try Sexual Assault Cases Outside Military Chain Of Command
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement about the Department of Defense’s announcement that, beginning today, it will try sexual assault cases outside the military chain of command. Senator Gillibrand fought for this reform for nearly a...
Gillibrand Joins Colleagues In Bipartisan Push To Lower Prescription Drug Costs
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and a bipartisan group of their colleagues in a letter urging the Department of Health and Human...
WATCH: Gillibrand Delivers Floor Speech On The Condition And Treatment Of Hostages Abducted By Hamas
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand delivered a speech on the Senate floor to describe the condition and treatment of hostages, including Americans, abducted by Hamas. ** WATCH GILLIBRAND’S SPEECH ON THE SENATE FLOOR HERE **
Senator Gillibrand Announces Expansion Of Her Cyber Service Academy Scholarship Program In Annual Defense Bill, Encourages Students To Apply For Free College In Exchange For Public Service
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference to announce the expansion of her Cyber Service Academy scholarship program in the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Senator Gillibrand created this program to address a...
Gillibrand Announces Nearly $30 Million In Federal Funding To Reimagine Dangerous Queens Boulevard
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is announcing$29,750,000 in federal funding for the New York City Department of Transportation’s (NYC DOT) implementation of the Queens Boulevard Great Streets Transformation and Supplemental Planning for Vision Zero. Queens Boulevard...
Gillibrand Announces FY2024 Defense Bill Wins
Major Achievements Include 5.2% Pay Raise for Troops, $676 Million For World Trade Center Health Program Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Emerging Threats and Capabilities...
WATCH: Gillibrand Delivers Floor Speech On Innocent Americans Murdered And Abducted By Hamas
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand delivered a speech on the Senate floor to tell the stories of innocent American victims who were murdered by Hamas and to highlight the American hostages who are still being held in Gaza by Hamas. ** WATCH GILLIBRAND’S SPEECH ON...
Amid High Food Prices, Senator Gillibrand Calls For Over $1.2 Billion To Deliver Meals To Older Adults
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Older Adults in NYS Face Food Insecurity Funding Would Help Provide 20 Million Free Meals To Older New Yorkers Amid high food prices, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference to call for $1.284 billion in funding for the...