Press Releases

Senate Passes TAA Extension to Support American Workers Who Lost Their Jobs Through No Fault of Their Own

Urges AG Holder to Arm Local Law Enforcement With Resources for Personnel to Combat Violent Crime, Drug Trafficking, Gangs

Washington, DC–Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Carl Levin (D-MI), and Mike Johanns (R-NE) and Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) announced that they introduced companion bills today to bestow the Congressional Gold Medal on Raoul Wallenberg,...

Washington, DC— Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after the military officially ended the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy: “Today,...

First New Yorker To Serve On Senate Agriculture Committee In Nearly 40 Years – Held Listening Sessions With Local Farmers Across NYS

Today, 14 U.S. Senators called on President Obama to issue a strongly worded defense of Israel during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.  In a letter, the Senators highlighted a number of recent, troubling developments in the Middle...

Pilot Error Identified As Cause Of Flight 3407 Tragedy – Families Of Victims Led Effort To Improve Pilot Training In FAA Overhaul – Rule Must Now Be Implemented

DOT Funding Will Be Used to Rehabilitate Taxiway at Plattsburgh International, Improve Passenger and Pilot Safety

Department Of Defense To Invest in Nanotechnolgy Production – College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University At Albany Would Compete For Funding

Expected To Support More Than $550 Million Total In New Private Lending