Press Releases
Gillibrand Applauds Judiciary Committee Passage Of Age Discrimination Bill
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement after her bipartisan Protecting Older Americans Act passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee: “The bipartisan Protecting Older Americans Act is an important step toward ending forced...
Gillibrand, Other Women Senators Rally To Introduce Historic New Bipartisan Legislation To Boost Menopause Research, Expand Training And Awareness Around Menopause
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, alongside 16 other women senators, introduced historic, comprehensive new bipartisan legislation that would be the most expansive effort so far to boost federal research on menopause and would—for the first time—coordinate the...
Gillibrand Announces Over $1.3 Million In Federal Funding Secured For Flood Mitigation In The Town Of Greenburgh
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that she has secured $1,311,000 in federal funding for a critical flood mitigation project in the Town of Greenburgh. The grant will be used to fund the elevation of six homes in the Babbitt Court area in the Town of...
Gillibrand Highlights Major Wins For New Yorkers In Farm Bill Framework
Major Legislative Package Would Expand SNAP, Support Dairy Farmers, Invest In Rural Economic Development – And Much More Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, held a virtual press conference to highlight major wins for...
Gillibrand, Rubio Introduce Legislation to Support Victims of Human Trafficking
Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) announced the introduction of the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide relief to survivors of human trafficking who committed a non-violent offense as a direct...
Gillibrand Announces Democratic Farm Bill Framework Includes Bill to Expand SNAP to Puerto Rico
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is announcing that her bipartisan Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act was included in the Farm Bill framework released by the Senate Agriculture Committee Democrats. The inclusion of this landmark legislation would...
Gillibrand, Colleagues Urge USDA Secretary Vilsack to Strengthen Interagency Coordination to Respond to Avian Flu Outbreak
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, along with 16 other senators, sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack in response to the recent outbreak of avian flu. In the letter, the senators urge the USDA, Food and Drug...
Amidst Housing Crisis, Gillibrand, Clarke Announce Reintroduction Of Housing Bill To Invest $15 Billion Annually In Affordable Housing
According to a Recent Report, One-Half of the City’s Working-Age Households Don’t Earn Enough To Afford the High Cost of Living in NYC Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-09) held a joint press conference to announce...
Following Her Relentless Advocacy, Gillibrand Announces Passage Of Legislation To Fight Fentanyl Crisis
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a virtual press conference to announce the passage of the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act as part of the national security supplemental. The legislation will empower the U.S. government...
Gillibrand Applauds Biden Administration Move to Reclassify Marijuana
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement about the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) moving to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance: “I’m grateful that the DEA is heeding my call to...