Press Releases
In Rochester, Gillibrand Demands Trump Administration Reverse Decision To Rip Away Child Care Funding For New York
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) stood with elected officials and advocates to demand that the Trump administration abandon efforts to freeze the grants that provide child care assistance to thousands of families in New York. “Investing in child care is...
Gillibrand, Colleagues Demand Tech Giants Take Down Sexualized AI Images, Protect Minors
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined seven Democratic colleagues in calling on America’s largest tech and social media companies to address the rise of non-consensual, sexualized, AI-generated images being created and appearing on their platforms. In a letter to the...
Gillibrand Statement On Court Injunction Allowing Empire Wind Construction To Resume
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s preliminary injunction allowing the Empire Wind project to resume construction following the Trump administration’s stop work order, which...
Sens. Moody, Gillibrand Announce New Bipartisan Bill To Ban Congressional Stock Trading
86% of Americans support passing a bill to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks Today, U.S. Senators Ashley Moody (R-FL) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act, which would ban stock ownership and...
Gillibrand Statement On Failure Of War Powers Resolution
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement following the failure of the resolution to require congressional authorization for military force against Venezuela: “Today’s vote sends a clear...
Gillibrand Statement On Passage Of The Whole Milk For Healthy Kids Act
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand made the following statement on the passage of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act. The bill changes the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) current meal program guidelines to permit schools to serve whole milk in...
Gillibrand, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Restore Funding For Full-Service Community Schools
$6 Million In Funding At Risk For New York Schools, Threatening Services For Rural Students Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) urged Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to reverse the Department of Education’s decision to discontinue $168 million in...
Gillibrand Response To Trump Threat To Stop Federal Funding For New York
Today, in response to President Trump’s threat to stop payments to states with immigration enforcement policies he disagrees with, including New York, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement: “President Trump’s continued partisan targeting of...
Schumer, Gillibrand Demand Trump Administration Immediately Reverse Reckless Pause On Offshore Wind Projects, Warn Move Will Raise Energy Costs, Kill Jobs & Threaten Grid Reliability
Trump DOI Halted Five Offshore Wind Projects, Including New York’s Empire Wind 1 And Sunrise Wind, Putting Over 1.7 Gigawatts Of Power And Electricity For 1.1 Million Homes At Risk In Letter To Interior and Defense Secretaries, Senators Demand Immediate Reversal Of...
Gillibrand Statement On Inflation Numbers
Today, in response to the newly released December Consumer Price Index report and inflation numbers indicating that American families are paying 2.7% more than last year under Trump’s economy, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issues the following statement: “Candidate Trump...