Press Releases
Gillibrand, Schumer, Garbarino, Booker, Menendez, Nadler, D’Esposito, Goldman, IAFF General President Edward Kelly, John Feal And 9/11 Advocates Announce Bipartisan Bill To Close Funding Gap In World Trade Center Health Program
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Representatives Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY-4), and Daniel Goldman (D-NY-10), Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory...
Senate Majority Leader Schumer & Senator Gillibrand Secure $5 Million In Funds For Research To Improve Public Transportation and Infrastructure
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that they secured $5 million in funding for two New York City universities to research how to improve the mobility of people and goods throughout the country. The funding was...
Gillibrand Cosponsors Legislation To Expand Federal Background Checks On Gun Sales
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) to reintroduce the Background Check Expansion Act, which would expand federal background...
Schumer, Gillibrand Lead Effort To Reauthorize The Northern Border Regional Commission To Boost Job Creation, Expand Housing And Childcare, Rebuild Infrastructure, And Accelerate Economic Recovery In Upstate New York
Senators Say Support For NBRC Programs More Important Than Ever To Spur Economic Recovery In Communities Across Upstate NY New NBRC Bill Would Expand Funding To Invest In Childcare, Back Housing Projects, Combat Opioid Crisis, And Build Climate-Resilient...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Upstate New York Airports Awarded Nearly $25 Million To Modernize & Rehabilitate Facilities Through The Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law
Funding Comes From The Newest Round Of the Highly Competitive Airport Terminal Grant Program Schumer, Gillibrand: Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Is Helping Upstate Airports From Buffalo To Albany Reach New Heights U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E....
Gillibrand Cosponsors Bicameral Legislation To Transform LIHEAP To Provide Families With Energy Assistance
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) and U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16) introduced a bicameral bill that would expand the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to ensure people, particularly underserved families...
Gillibrand Presses For Minimum Staffing Standards In Nursing Homes
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Committee on Aging, sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to press CMS to create minimum staffing standards in nursing homes, which would ensure nursing home residents receive...
Following Senate Agriculture Nutrition Hearing, Gillibrand Unveils Recipe To Address Food Insecurity In 2023 Farm Bill
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference to discuss her recipe for improving nutrition and to address food insecurity ahead of the 2023 Farm Bill. More than 33 million people in the United States live in households that are food insecure,...
Gillibrand, Rubio Lead 16 Senators In Bipartisan Push For Full Funding Of Their Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Office To Address Airborne National Security Risks
Amid heightened focus on airborne national security risks, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), chair of the Senate Armed Services Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee and member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Marco Rubio (R-FL),...
Gillibrand Urges Drug Manufacturer To Update Medication Label To Protect Women Experiencing Miscarriage
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 7 of her Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Danco Laboratories, a manufacturer of mifepristone, urging them to submit an application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to add miscarriage management to the...