Press Releases
Gillibrand, Kirk Joined By Group of 30 Bipartisan Senators In Push To Fully Fund U.S.-Israel Cooperative Missile Defense Programs
Bipartisan Lawmakers Once Again Fight to Strengthen National Security, Increase Funding for US-Israel Missile Defense Cooperation; At Gillibrand and Kirk’s Urging Last Year Senate Appropriations Committee Provided Over $620 Million for U.S.-Israeli Cooperative Missile Defense Programs, Including $350 Million for Successful Iron Dome System
Gillibrand Leads Bipartisan Push To Help Sick And Dying 9-11 Responders And Survivors
Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) today announced the passage of an amendment to the Senate budget resolution that will facilitate future legislation to renew and extend the James Zadroga 9-11 Health and...
Gillibrand Leads Bipartisan Push To Help Sick And Dying 9-11 Responders And Survivors
Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) today announced the passage of an amendment to the Senate budget resolution that will facilitate future legislation to renew and extend the James Zadroga 9-11 Health and...
Senator Gillibrand Announces Legislation to Provide Every American Worker With Paid Leave
67 Percent of New York Children Live In Families with All Parents Working; Gillibrand’s FAMILY Act Would Establish National Family Economic Security Program; US Is Currently the Only Industrialized Nation In the World without Any Form of Paid Family Leave
Gillibrand & Booker Meet with NY, NJ Families About New Bipartisan Medical Marijuana & Announce Endorsement of Epilepsy Foundation
Families with Children & Loved Ones in Need of Treatment Join Senators to Discuss Landmark Proposal to Let States Legalize Medical Marijuana Leading National Epilepsy Organization Backs Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Bill
Schumer, Gillibrand, De Blasio, Jeffries Announce Over $15 Million In Sandy-Relief Funding For Repairs Made To The Louis Marshall School In Brooklyn
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries today announced $15,921,938 in federal funding for the New York School Construction Authority. The funding is a reimbursement for permanent repairs...
Booker, Paul & Gillibrand Announce Bipartisan New Medical Marijuana Bill to Allow Patients – Including Veterans – to Access Necessary Care without Fear of Federal Prosecution
Washington, D.C. – Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) today stood with patients, their families and advocates to announce new bipartisan legislation that will allow the use of medical marijuana in states where it is legal...
Gillibrand, Daines To Help Thousands Of “Blue Water” Vietnam Vets Harmed By Agent Orange, But Ignored By Feds Due To Technicality In The Law
Current Law Requires VA To Provide Benefits For Service Members Exposed To Agent Orange On Dry Ground, But Ignores Vets Off Shore
Gillibrand Statement On 50th Anniversary Of “Bloody Sunday” Selma March For Equal Voting Rights
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement today in honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Selma march for equal voting rights: “Today we honor the 50th anniversary of a monumental event in American...
Gillibrand Statement On Mcdonald’s Decision: “Chicken Nuggets Shouldn’t Pose Public Health Risk”
Gillibrand Is Original Cosponsor of New Food Safety Legislation To Combat Overuse Of Antibiotics In Food Animals