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Infographic: With NDAA Now On The Senate Floor, Primer On What The Pentagon Doesn’t Want You To Know About Sexual Assaults In The Military

Military Brass Wants to Say “Mission Accomplished” Despite Admission That 3 Out of 4 Survivors Still Not Coming Forward to Report Sexual Assaults, “Zero Progress” on Curbing Retaliation from Previous Years Gillibrand to Pursue Vote on Senate Floor on Military Justice Improvement Act to Improve Military Readiness by Professionalizing Military Justice While Leaving Military Crimes Within Chain of Command Bipartisan Legislation Supported By Veterans Groups, Retired Generals, Experts on Uniform

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After Senator Gillibrand’s Yearlong Push For Reform, White House Announces New Regulations To Prevent Dangerous Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens In Food

Following Gillibrand’s Yearlong Push For Reform, The White House Releases New Rules To Require Veterinarians to Oversee Use of Medically-Important Antibiotics for Food Animals, Ending Unregulated Over-the-Counter Sale of Drugs That Have Contributed to Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Center For Disease Control Estimates Drug-Resistant Bacteria Causes Two Million Illnesses And 23,000 Deaths Each Year

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With More Than One-In-Three New York Bridges In Need Of Repair, Gillibrand Announces New Measure To Give States The Authority To Use More Federal Funds On Local Bridge Improvement Projects

50 Percent of New York’s 17,000 Bridges Are Locally-Owned, Yet Federal Policy Limits Funding States Can Use to Repair Locally-Owned Bridges Senator’s Proposal – Part of the Federal Transportation Authorization Bill – Would Open Up More Resources to Support Local Infrastructure Investment

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