Press Releases
Schumer & Gillibrand Push to Secure Federal Investment to Build New Intermodal Transportation Center in Downtown Rochester – Project Would Prime City for High-Speed Rail Service, Unleash Business Development & Job Creation
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Major Push To Secure $19.5 Million DOT Investment For City’s Project to Build Multi-Modal Transportation Facility That Would Replace Old Tracks & Existing Amtrak Station; Project Would Position Rochester to Accommodate High-Speed Rail Passenger Service In Future
Gillibrand, Sanchez Introduce Bills in Both Houses of Congress Encouraging Pentagon to Repeal Policy Restricting Women from Combat
Legislation Would Require a Report on Repealing Current Policy That Officially Bars Qualified Servicewomen from Combat Roles, Women Already Serving On The Frontlines to Defend the Country, More Than 15% of Active Duty Military Forces Are Women
Schumer, Gillibrand, McCarthy Announce Bill Passes Senate that Renames East Rockaway Post Office After Dedicated Postal Worker John J. Cook
Veteran John J. Cook, WWII Vet, Was One of Longest Serving Postal Workers in US History, Working the Same Route in East Rockaway for 60 Years; Cook Retired in 2005
Gillibrand, Bipartisan Senate Women Call on Boehner to Pass Senate’s Violence Against Women Act
13 Women Senators call on Speaker to honor VAWA’s bipartisan history by taking up Senate-passed bill that strengthens protections for all women
With One of Two New York Terrorism Emergency Task Forces At-Risk of Being Cut from Defense Budget, Gillibrand Introduces Amendment to Preserve New York’s National Guard WMD Civil Support Teams
Gillibrand Secured $700K to Create Task Force in 2009, Fighting to Preserve Critical Emergency Unit
With One of Two New York Terrorism Emergency Task Forces At-Risk of Being Cut from Defense Budget, Gillibrand Introduces Amendment to Preserve New York’s National Guard WMD Civil Support Teams
Gillibrand Fighting to Preserve Critical Emergency Unit
New Gillibrand Legislation Pushes Defense Department to Combat Hazing, Promote Diversity Among Senior Military Ranks
After Two Recent Hazing Cases Involving New York Servicemen, Gillibrand Proposal Calls on DoD to Create New Database to Track, Respond to and Hold Account for Hazing Incidents in the Military, Pushes for Uniform Definition of Hazing, Anonymous Reporting Procedures and Improved Prosecution of Hazing Incidents
New Report: Doubling of Student Loan Interest Rates Will Cost New Yorkers Nearly $420 Million if Congress Doesn’t Act by July 1st
Gillibrand, Students, Parents Urge Congress to Protect Low-Interest Student Loans
Standing with Student Veterans at D’youville College, Gillibrand Announces Legislation to Assist Veterans in Education, Job Training and Skill Recognition
230 Veterans Are Currently Enrolled At D’Youville College
At Schumer, Gillibrand & Owens’s Urging, Feds Back Plan to Reopen Tahawus Rail Line Between North Creek & Newcomb – Lawmakers Announce that Feds Have Granted Status that Will Resume Rail Service & Provide Huge Boost to Local Economy
Schumer, Gillibrand and Owens Announce that Feds Have Heeded Their Call and Granted Iowa Pacific Holdings ‘Common Carrier Status’ to Reopen Tahawus Line to Haul Tailings – Project Can Now Move Forward to Remove Unsightly Tailings from Adirondacks & Allow For Profitable Refining of These Rare Earths