Press Releases
Following The Failed Cloture Vote On The Bipartisan Toxic Exposure Bill, Gillibrand Leads Colleagues To Push For Passage Of The Pact Act
Widely Bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022 Previously Passed the Senate 84-14
Gillibrand Statement On Senate Passage Of CHIPS Act
Addressing Senate passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement: “Over the past few years, U.S. consumers and companies experienced how our overreliance on foreign companies for semiconductors led...
Gillibrand Statement On Shooting Of Two Rochester Police Officers
Following a shooting in Rochester Thursday night that killed one police officer and injured another, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement: “My heart is with the family of Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz, and I'm praying for the swift...
Gillibrand, Schumer, Cardin Introduce Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Ferencz, the Last Living Nuremberg Prosecutor
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg prosecutor, in recognition of his work...
In The Midst Of Record-Breaking Flight Cancellations And Chaos At Airports, Senator Gillibrand Calls For An Investigation Into Potential Unfair Or Deceptive Airline Business Practices
More Flights Were Canceled In June 2022 than Any Other Previous June In the United States
Gillibrand Fights To Provide Mandatory Funding For The Title X Family Planning Program
This week, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined her colleagues in support of the Expanding Access to Family Planning Act to provide consistent and mandatory funding for the Title X Family Planning Program. This robust source of funding would help provide and protect...
ICYMI: Buffalo News Editorial Board Praises Landmark Burn Pits Legislation
In case you missed it, The Buffalo News published an editorial praising the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022, a key cornerstone of which is Senator Gillibrand’s bipartisan Presumptive...
Gillibrand, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration To Declare A National And Public Health Emergency On Reproductive Rights
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 17 of her colleagues in urging the Biden administration to declare a national and public health emergency over Americans’ access to reproductive care. Within weeks of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, dozens...
Gillibrand And Schumer Call For The Reopening Of Amtrak’s Adirondack Line To Help Revitalize North Country Economy
Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand called on Amtrak to reopen the Adirondack line, the upstate rail service between Montreal and New York City that has been suspended for more than two years due to the COVID-19 global...
Gillibrand, Blackburn, Hirono, Graham Introduce Bill To Prohibit Non-Disclosure Agreements In Cases Of Sexual Misconduct
Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced the Speak Out Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would prohibit predispute non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in instances in which...