Press Releases
Senators Gillibrand And Capito Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Require CDC To Issue Guidelines For Prescribing Opioids For Acute Pain
CDC currently does not have guidelines for physicians to safely prescribe opioids for acute pain With over 2 million Americans suffering from opioid use disorder, preventing overprescribing of these powerful narcotics is key to combatting opioid epidemic
Schumer, Gillibrand, Velazquez, De Blasio Announce more than $4.8 Million to Complete Sandy-Related Repairs at Brooklyn Naval Yard
FEMA Funds to Cover Electrical Repairs and Dock Renovations at the Brooklyn Navy Yard After Meeting With Navy Yard Leadership and Touring New Building Projects, Gillibrand Announces FEMA Funds for Additional Upgrades
Blumenthal, Ayotte, Gillibrand Urge Senate HELP Committee To Consider Bipartisan Bill To Combat Tick-Bourne Diseases
With Lyme Disease the Most Commonly Reported Vector Borne Illness in the Country, Tick-Borne Diseases Remain a Significant Public Health Threat. With Lyme Disease the Most Commonly Reported Vector Borne Illness in the Country, Tick-Borne Diseases Remain a Significant Public Health Threat. In a Letter Today, Senators Urged the Senate HELP Committee to Consider the Bipartisan Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act That Would Take Important Steps to Combat Tick-Borne Di
As Divided Supreme Court is Set to Consider Gun Ban for Domestic Violence Convictions, Senators Gillibrand & Blumenthal, Survivors & Advocates Push for Legislation to Close DV Gun Loophole
Next Week Divided Supreme Court Will Hear Case That Could Allow Domestic Abusers to Possess Guns Domestic Violence Is Five Times More Likely to Lead to Murder When a Gun Is in the Home Senators Gillibrand & Blumenthal Pushing for Legislation to Close Domestic Violence Gun Loophole, Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge FCC to Grant Phase-In Period for Westelcom to Maintain Broadband Services to the North Country
Senators: FCC Is Miscategorizing Watertown as an “Urban Area,” Not a Rural One, Preventing Westlecom From Accessing the Vital “Rural Exemption” Rate It Deserves for Serving the North Country If Approved, FCC Waiver Would Reverse 96 Percent “Flash Cut” and Replace with Gradual Adjusted Rates Until 2020, and Ensure the Infrastructure For Expanded Rural Telehealth Medicine Schumer and Gillibrand: North Country Residents Deserve High-Speed Broadband and This FCC Waiver for Westlecom Will Help The
Senator Gillibrand Announces Syracuse University Endorses Campus Accountability and Safety Act
Gillibrand’s bipartisan legislation to combat sexual assault on college campuses has also been endorsed by the SUNY system, Southern Oregon University, and Daemen College
Schumer, Gillibrand: President’s Budget Request for 2017 Provides Increased Funding for Brookhaven National Lab’s Ion Collider; Senators Vow to Continue Fighting for Increased Funding in the Senate
Schumer, Gillibrand Have Long Fought to Secure Increased Federal Funds for BNL– Funding Helps The U.S. Remain On The Forefront of Physics Research President’s Request Includes $179.7M for Ion Collider & $111.8M for NSLS-II; Last Year, Final Budget Included $172M for Ion Collider & $110M for NSLS-II
Gillibrand Urges USDA To Expand Barley Crop Insurance Coverage To New York State Producers To Boost Local Breweries & Distilleries
Currently, Barley Crop Insurance is Only Available in 28 Counties Across New York
Gillibrand, Schumer, Cuomo Secure Dept. Of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance For Alcoa Workers Who Lost Their Jobs As A Result Of Unfair Trade
Over 200 Workers Are Now Eligible For Additional Federal Assistance Gillibrand, Schumer, Cuomo Have Continually Fought for Assistance for Alcoa workers
Schumer, Gillibrand: President’s Budget Request for 2017 Provides Increased Funding for Brookhaven National Lab’s Ion Collider; Senators Vow to Continue Fighting for Increased Funding in the Senate
Schumer, Gillibrand Have Long Fought to Secure Increased Federal Funds for BNL– Funding Helps The U.S. Remain On The Forefront of Physics Research President’s Request Includes $179.7M for Ion Collider & $111.8M for NSLS-II; Last Year, Final Budget Included $172M for Ion Collider & $110M for NSLS-II