Press Releases
Gillibrand, Schumer to Urge Obama Administration’s “Task Force to Prevent Gun Violence” to Include First Federal Law Cracking Down on Illegal Guns and Enhanced-Background Check Legislation in Final Recommendations Due this Month
VP Biden Leading New Interagency Task Force to Reduce Gun Violence, In Response to Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School – President Obama to Act Quickly on Recommendations Set To Be Completed by End of January
Gillibrand Announces More Than $125,000 for Cortland Area Fire Departments
Federal Funding for City of Cortland Fire Department and Virgil Fire District will be used to Purchase New, Upgraded Safety Equipment
Gillibrand Announces Over $40,000 for Niagara Falls Fire Department
Funding through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Will Help Provide Critical Training Courses and Equipment for Fire Grounds Safety
At Gillibrand’s Urging, FDA Issues First Rules for Food Safety Overhaul
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act – First Major Update to America’s Food Safety Laws In A Century – Passed Two Years Ago
Gillibrand Responds to House Leadership Pulling Sandy Aid Bill
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement today responding to House Republican leadership’s decision to deny a vote on the Sandy aid bill: “As many Republicans said on the House floor last night, what House...
Gillibrand Announces Measure Requiring a Feasibility Report on DOD Plans to Open More Combat Roles to Women Passes Congress – Heads to President’s Desk as Part of 2013 Defense Bill to be Signed into Law
Gillibrand Led Push in the Senate Requiring a Report on Changing Current Policy That Officially Bars Qualified Servicewomen from Some Combat Roles, Women Already Serving On The Frontlines to Defend the Country, Nearly 15% of Active Duty Military Forces Are Women
Gillibrand Measure to Remove Convicted Sex Offenders from Military Passes Congress – Heads to President’s Desk as Part of 2013 Defense Bill to be Signed into Law
Gillibrand: “Sexual Assault Has No Place in the Military, We Must Hold Perpetrators Accountable”
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $1.1 Million EDA Funding for City of Kingston After Hurricane Irene and Lee – Kingston will Use Funding for Critical Infrastructure Repairs to Mitigate Economic Hardship for Local Businesses After Storms
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce that City of Kingston Has Received $1.1 Million EDA Disaster Grant for Washington Avenue Tunnel Restoration
Gillibrand Announces Final Congressional Approval of $50 Million for Nanotechnology R&D
Department Of Defense To Invest $50 Million in Microelectronics Research – College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University At Albany Would Compete For Funding
With One of Two New York Terrorism Emergency Task Forces At-Risk of Being Cut from Defense Budget, Gillibrand Announces Final Congressional Passage of Provision to Preserve New York’s National Guard WMD Civil Support Teams
Gillibrand Bill to Fund Critical Emergency Unit in Scotia Now Heads to Full Senate