Press Releases
With Emergency Covid-19 Snap Benefits Set To Expire, Senator Gillibrand Announces Eats Act To Expand Snap Benefit Eligibility To More College Students
As Many As 290,000 New York College Students Would Become Newly Eligible For SNAP Benefits Under The EATS Act Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand stood at Baruch College to announce the Enhance Access to SNAP (EATS) Act, which would expand Supplemental Nutrition...
ICYMI: Gillibrand Responds to Plan by Grace Baptist Church in Troy to Auction AR-15 Rifles
In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand responded to the plan by Grace Baptist Church in Troy to auction off an AR-15 or a flamethrower during its annual revival meeting in July. Her full statement is...
Gillibrand Pushes for Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Enhance Banking Access for Legal Cannabis Businesses
This week, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing for the bipartisan, bicameral Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act to ensure that legal cannabis businesses have access to critical banking and financial services. Most state legal medicinal or...
Gillibrand Demands IRS Address Backlog, Issue Overdue Tax Refunds to Small Businesses
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference to demand that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) address its backlog and issue overdue Employee Retention Credit (ERC) refunds to small businesses and nonprofits that have filed for them. The ERC was...
Gillibrand Presses DOD to Investigate Rotary-Wing Aircraft Accidents; Push Comes in Wake of Helicopter Crashes
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin requesting a review of all rotary-wing aviation accidents that resulted in a loss of life and/or the loss of aircraft. The letter...
Senator Gillibrand Pushes To Provide Accessible, Affordable Housing For Older Americans And People Living With Disabilities
A HUD Study Found That Less Than 4% Of Housing In U.S. Is Accessible As of 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, is pushing for a bill to address the housing...
Gillibrand Announces Legislation To Accelerate FDA Approval Of Drugs To Treat Life-Threatening Illnesses
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference to announce her bipartisan legislation to expedite provisional FDA approval of drugs intended to treat ALS, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and other life-threatening diseases. The standard FDA approval...
Gillibrand Statement on Supreme Court Decision Upholding FDA Approval of Mifepristone
“I am relieved that the Supreme Court has halted the previous misguided and dangerous ruling that reversed FDA approval of mifepristone. Doctors have prescribed mifepristone as a safe and effective treatment for more than 20 years, and I am grateful it will continue...
Gillibrand, Rounds Lead Group Of 41 Bipartisan Senators In Call To Fully Fund U.S.-Israel Missile Defense Cooperation Programs
This week, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) led a bipartisan group of 41 senators in calling for $500 million to fully fund U.S.-Israel cooperative missile defense programs in the Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2024. Israel’s...
[Video] Gillibrand Opening Statement At Senate Hearing On Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand chaired a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena. Watch her opening statement here, and read her remarks as prepared for delivery below: The hearing will come to order. I...