Press Releases
Gillibrand Statement On Meeting With Supreme Court Nominee Judge Merrick Garland
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement after meeting with President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland: “After meeting with Judge Merrick Garland, it is clear he is highly...
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge FERC To Open New Public Comment Period For Natural Gas Storage Facility In Schuyler County- Senators Say Residents Should Be Given A Second Opportunity To Voice Concerns In Light Of Company’s Expiring FERC Authorization And New, Pending Environmental Safety Regulations
With FERC Authorization Set to Expire In May, Pending Arlington Project Would Expand an Underground Gas Storage Facility Near Seneca Lake Schumer, Gillibrand: Subsequent Events and Information Have Increased Significant Community Concerns & Residents Deserve to Have Their Voices Heard on Major Project That Could Impact the Environment and Their Quality of Life
Gillibrand Urges Senate Appropriations Committee To Boost Federal Funding For The Appalachian Regional Commission – Funding To Support Economic Development Projects Across 14 NYS Counties
14 New York Counties Across Western NY, the Southern Tier and Hudson Valley Benefit From Community-based Economic Development Projects
Gillibrand Reminds 9-11 First Responders, Survivors Of Possible Tax Relief Available Through IRS
9-11 First Responders, Survivors, and Their Families May Be Entitled to Tax Benefits
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $190,000 In Federal Housing & Urban Development Funding For Akwesasne Housing Authority
Funds Will Be Used To Support Housing Programs For Those in Need
Schumer, Gillibrand Make New Senate Push To Preserve Plum Island & To Prevent Sale To Highest Bidder; Unless Congress Acts, Home To Endangered Species & Wildlife Sanctuary Will Be Sold, Possibly Uprooted By Private Developer
Schumer, Gillibrand Push to Undo Existing Law That Prevents A Federal Agency—Like NPS or U.S. Fish & Wildlife—To Obtain A Resource Like Plum Island; Senators Say Land Should Be Obtained By An Agency That Commits To Preserving The Land Current Law Requires Plum Island To Be Sold To Highest Bidder; Senator Says Development of the Land Would Threaten Irreplaceable Habitat for Endangered Species & Destroy Environmental Resources on Long Island Schumer, Gillibrand: Ripping Apart Plum Island Is
Gillibrand, Kirk Lead Call To Fully Fund U.S-Israel Missile Defense Cooperation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today led a bipartisan group of 30 senators in calling for full funding of U.S.-Israel cooperative missile defense programs in the Defense Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2017. In a...
As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand Urges Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic
Opioid Related Deaths At All Time High; Deaths In the Southern Tier Increased Over 1,500 Percent Since 2004; 51 People are Killed Every Day by an Overdose Involving Prescription Opioids Senator Gillibrand’s Legislation Would Require CDC to Issue Guidelines for Prescribing of Opioids for Treatment of Acute Pain Gillibrand: “When someone gets a tooth out and only needs medication for three days – why are they sent home from the doctor’s office with 30 Percocet?”
As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand & Nassau County District Attorney Singas Urge Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic
Opioid Related Deaths At All Time High; Deaths On Long Island Increased 300 Percent Since 2004; 51 People are Killed Every Day by an Overdose Involving Prescription Opioids Senator Gillibrand’s Legislation Would Require CDC to Issue Guidelines for Prescribing of Opioids for Treatment of Acute Pain Gillibrand: “When someone gets a tooth out and only needs medication for three days – why are they sent home from the doctor’s office with 30 Percocet?”
Schumer, Gillibrand Launch Push To Secure $75 Million In Fed Funding For The West Valley Demonstration Project In 2017 Budget-Program Has Been Shortchanged For Years&Continues To Pose Environmental Risk To WNY; Senators Say Funding Is Needed Funding Is Needed For Waste Cleanup At The Cattaraugus County Site
The West Valley Demonstration Project Needs at Least $75 Million Per Year to Completely Clean Up the Out-of-Use Former Nuclear Site; Feds Previously Agreed This Funding Was Needed for 10 Years Beginning in 2008, But Program Has Not Been Funded At Necessary Levels Since In March 2015, Schumer Met With Nominee To Lead Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, Monica Regalbuto, And Urged Her to Support Full $75 Million Funding Level for West Valley Cleanup in Future Years – Schum