Press Releases
Gillibrand, DeLauro Introduce Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act
FAMILY Act Would Establish National Paid Family and Medical Leave
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $400,000 Challenge Grant From the National Endowment for the Humanities for the Staten Island Museum; Prestigious Grant Will Help Garner Critical Individual Fundraising Support
Challenge Grant Funding Will Be Available to The Staten Island Museum if It Raises $1.2 Million by July 31, 2018
Senator Gillibrand, Congressman Kennedy Introduce New Legislation to Promote Stem Opportunities for Women, Minorities and Economically Disadvantaged
Bill Would Provide Grants For STEM Educational Opportunities In The Classroom And Through Hands-On Experiences
Gillibrand Leads Group of Lawmakers Urging FDA to Immediately Put in Place Anti-Abuse Protections for Highly Addictive Zohydro Drug
Senators Call for Answers on FDA’s Decision to Approve Pure Hydrocodone Painkiller Without Safeguard Measures
With Holiday Shopping in Full Swing, Gillibrand, NYPIRG, NYC Parents Unveil Annual Toy Safety Report on Dangerous and Toxic Toys on NYC Store Shelves
Senator Gillibrand, NYPIRG Call for New Federal Action to Ban Phthalates in All Children’s Products, Strengthen Efforts to Stop Dangerous Imported Products At Our Nation’s Ports
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1 Million In Fed Health And Human Services Grant For University of Rochester – Grant Will Fund Clinical Trials in Search of HIV Vaccine
HHS Grant Will Fund Research on Treatment and Standards-of-Care for People Living with HIV and Start-Up Clinical Trials for an HIV Vaccine
Gillibrand Urges Feds to Conduct Comprehensive Safety Review of MTA’s Commuter Rail System After Deadly Train Derailment in the Bronx
Metro-North Train Tragedy Is the Sixth Metro-North Train Derailment in New York Metro Area Over Past Two Years
WNY Delegation Urges Homeland Security to Set Up Shop at Niagara Falls Air Base
Members of House & Senate Agree NFARS would be ideal fit for DHS operations
Gillibrand Statement on Senate Filibuster Reform
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement today after voting to change the Senate rules to limit the use of a filibuster: “Yesterday we saw a glimpse of how the senate is supposed to work – two bipartisan...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $1 Million in FEMA Funds for Canal Flood Warning System Designed to Predict & Protect Upstate Communities – Federal Funding to Install New Precipitation Gauges Along Mohawk River, Oswego River and Upper Hudson River Basin in 23 Upstate Counties
Schumer, Gillibrand Announces $1 Million Obligation Coming from Feds to NYS Canal Flood Warning System for Installation of Precipitation Gauges – Like Stream Gauges, Precipitation Gauges Provide Critical Advanced Flood Warnings to Upstate NY Cities & Towns