Kirstin Gillibrand

U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today announced the inclusion of more than $5.6 billion for public transportation agencies across New York state in the recently-passed government funding package. For

Earlier this month, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) sent a letter urging the incoming

Decreasing Revenues During The Coronavirus Pandemic Have Left Local Governments Strapped; Dedicated Federal Funding for Local Communities Would Provide Necessary Relief for Lost Revenues, Increased Costs And Help Avoid Local Tax & Fee Increases; The Direct Support for Communities Act

New Yorkers Struggling to Pay Rent Due to Lost Income Caused by COVID-19 Are Eligible for One-Time Subsidies U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is urging New Yorkers to apply for rental relief through the New York State-administered COVID Rent Relief Program.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is enduring criticism inside his caucus for a string of election losses under his leadership, is unlikely to gain a majority in the chamber this year. But that isn’t stopping the Brooklynite from advancing

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined 24 colleagues in urging Senate leadership to provide an additional $32 billion in emergency supplemental funding for public transit agencies in the next COVID-19 stimulus package.

Legislation is the Senate Version of Representative Jeffries’ Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act; Push Comes Amid National Outcry Demanding Accountability and an End to the Use of Excessive Force Following the Death of George Floyd Today, U.S.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today announced a $16 million Water Infrastructure Loan allocated through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA). This funding

With Normal Supply Chains Disrupted by the Coronavirus Pandemic, Farmers to Families Food Box Program Would Give Fisherman and Aquaculture Farmers Essential Support to Distribute Their Goods U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for investigations into unfair trade subsidies to Canadian growers, as New York State onion farmers struggle against an influx

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement on her vote against the USMCA: “I plan to vote against President Trump’s USMCA agreement. President Trump’s USMCA deal may be slightly better than NAFTA, but let’s be

Program Honors Nation’s Maritime History By Supporting Preservation and Public Awareness Projects Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Congressman Brian Higgins (D-NY-26) announced last week that the FY 2020

Funding Will Be Used To Expand Broadband Wireless Service Across Allegany, Cattaraugus And Chautauqua Counties U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced this week that $395,000 in federal funding will be flowing to the Southern

A Department of Defense Report Shows That Service Member Suicide Rates Spiked in 2018 After Rising Steadily for the Last Five Years Following a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) report released yesterday that showed a spike in military suicides, U.S. Senator Kirsten

In a widely circulated statement, New York Republican Party Chairman Nick Langworthy is telling Senator Kirstin Gillibrand to get back to work following her recently ended four-year pursuit of the presidency. “Kirsten Gillibrand has been using her U.S. Senate office

If political chatter is any indication, support for Senator Chuck Schumer is falling precipitously following a federal government shutdown that stems from Schumer’s ‘procedural objection,’ effectively filibustering a vote on the budget.  Schumer is demanding that immigration laws are liberalized

Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch, the owners of Koch Industries, are the founders and funders of a number of conservative and libertarian political organizations, and credited with swinging control of the House of Representatives in 2010. This year, when it

Kirsten Gillibrand called on Washington to boost outlays to protect religious minorities from the spike in hate crimes that has followed Donald Trump’s election. via Kirsten Gillibrand Wants More Federal Funds to Protect Mosques and Synagogues — Observer