Press Releases
Senators Gillibrand, Schumer, and Capito Introduce Commemorative Coin Bill To Honor 25th Anniversary Of 9/11
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Charles E. Schumer, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act, which would require the U.S. Mint to design and mint coins to honor the 25th anniversary of the September...
Gillibrand Statement On Ousting Of Head Of National Security Agency And U.S. Cyber Command
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s politically motivated firing of General Timothy Haugh, the commander of U.S....
Gillibrand, Garbarino, Schumer, Jeffries, Nadler, Goldman Lead Bipartisan Push Calling On President Trump To Reverse Cuts To World Trade Center Health Program
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Representative Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Democratic Leader Jeffries (D-NY), and Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Dan Goldman (D-NY) are leading a bipartisan...
Senators Gillibrand And Schumer, Congressman Garbarino Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill To Establish A Memorial To Honor Individuals Who Died Of AIDS
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, and Congressman Andrew Garbarino reintroduced the Fire Island AIDS Memorial Establishment Act. The bipartisan bill would authorize The Pines Foundation to establish a memorial to...
Gillibrand Condemns Trump For Decimating The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Programs (LIHEAP); Cuts Threaten To Raise Cost Of Living For More Than One Million New York Households
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement on the Trump administration firing all the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) staff running the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which will render the program incapable of disbursing...
Gillibrand Slams Trump’s Massive Cuts To Food Bank Funding
Amid Sky-High Grocery Prices, Trump Is Denying Food To Hungry Families New York Food Banks Receive Tens Of Millions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Food Through Now Slashed Federal Programs Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a virtual press conference...
Schumer, Gillibrand Slam New Trump Cuts That Will Devastate World Trade Center Health Program
Trump Admin Announced HHS-Wide Layoffs, Cutting 10,000 Staff, Including Those In The 9/11 Health Care Program The Administration Had Reinstated Staff From World Trade Center Health Program, But Firing People at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...
Protecting The Social Safety Net: Gillibrand And East Harlem Elected Officials Demand No Cuts To Social Security
Today, Senator Gillibrand stood alongside East Harlem elected officials to urgently call on the Trump administration to protect Social Security after their repeated actions to cut back the agency and the critical services it provides. New York City is home to one of...
Gillibrand Slams Trump Administration Attempts To Close Social Security Offices, Limit Phone Support
So-Called “Department Of Government Efficiency” Listed 47 Social Security Administration Offices for Closure - Including 2 in New York DOGE’s Attacks on the SSA Have Resulted in Skyrocketing Wait Times and Website Crashes Trump Administration Official Claims That Only...
Gillibrand Condemns Trump Policy Making It Harder For Veterans To Get Mental Health Care
Trump’s Indiscriminate, Haphazard Policies Are Once Again Hurting Americans U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a virtual press conference to highlight a Trump administration policy that is making it harder for veterans to receive mental health care. On...