Press Releases
WATCH: Gillibrand Delivers Floor Speech On The Condition And Treatment Of Hostages Abducted By Hamas
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand delivered a speech on the Senate floor to describe the condition and treatment of hostages, including Americans, abducted by Hamas. ** WATCH GILLIBRAND’S SPEECH ON THE SENATE FLOOR HERE **
Senator Gillibrand Announces Expansion Of Her Cyber Service Academy Scholarship Program In Annual Defense Bill, Encourages Students To Apply For Free College In Exchange For Public Service
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference to announce the expansion of her Cyber Service Academy scholarship program in the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Senator Gillibrand created this program to address a...
Gillibrand Announces Nearly $30 Million In Federal Funding To Reimagine Dangerous Queens Boulevard
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is announcing$29,750,000 in federal funding for the New York City Department of Transportation’s (NYC DOT) implementation of the Queens Boulevard Great Streets Transformation and Supplemental Planning for Vision Zero. Queens Boulevard...
Gillibrand Announces FY2024 Defense Bill Wins
Major Achievements Include 5.2% Pay Raise for Troops, $676 Million For World Trade Center Health Program Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Emerging Threats and Capabilities...
WATCH: Gillibrand Delivers Floor Speech On Innocent Americans Murdered And Abducted By Hamas
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand delivered a speech on the Senate floor to tell the stories of innocent American victims who were murdered by Hamas and to highlight the American hostages who are still being held in Gaza by Hamas. ** WATCH GILLIBRAND’S SPEECH ON...
Amid High Food Prices, Senator Gillibrand Calls For Over $1.2 Billion To Deliver Meals To Older Adults
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Older Adults in NYS Face Food Insecurity Funding Would Help Provide 20 Million Free Meals To Older New Yorkers Amid high food prices, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference to call for $1.284 billion in funding for the...
Gillibrand, Cassidy, Houlahan, Bice Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Paid Leave Working Group To Request Input On Paid Leave Proposal
Bipartisan group of eight senators and six House members sent a letter to advocates, experts and organizations requesting suggestions on a bipartisan national paid leave policy Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Representatives...
Gillibrand, Rosen, Ernst, Collins, Cardin Lead Bipartisan Push Condemning United Nations’ Inaction On Hamas’s Sexual Violence Against Women
Senators Call For An Independent International Investigation Into Hamas’s Use Of Rape And Sexual Assault As “Weapons Of War” U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Chairman of the Senate Foreign...
Schumer, Gillibrand Deliver Nearly $18 Million For Safer Streets Across Upstate NY–Through The Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law–To Improve Local Roadways, Pilot New Traffic Upgrades, And Strengthen Pedestrian Safety
New Grants Will Help NY Communities Develop Safety Action Plans And Boost Road Safety Features In The Capital Region, Rochester-Finger Lakes, And Across Upstate NY Senators Say Fed $$$ Through “Safe Streets and Roads for All” Program, Created In The Bipartisan...
Senator Gillibrand Visits Rochester Institute Of Technology To Announce Push For Millions In Federal Funding For National Technical Institute For The Deaf, Highlight Investment In Semiconductor Laboratory At RIT
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand visited the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to call for over $95 million in federal funding for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), one of nine colleges within RIT. Every year, Senator Gillibrand leads...