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GILLIBRAND BRINGS HOME MAJOR WINS FOR NEW YORK STATE IN THE FY2023 SPENDING PACKAGE

December 23, 2022 Contributor

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is announcing major wins for New York State that she helped secure in the recently-passed $1.7 trillion FY2023 spending package. As part of this funding, Senator Gillibrand […]

Gillibrand, Schumer Secure $1 Billion For 9/11 Health Program In Funding Package

December 23, 2022 Contributor

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer announced that they’d secured $1 billion for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), which provides health benefits to 9/11 first responders and survivors.

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Senator Gillibrand Announces Several Of Her Defense Priorities Included In Soon-To-Pass Fy2023 Bipartisan Funding Bill

December 22, 2022 Contributor

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Chair of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, is announcing that several of her defense priorities were included in the soon-to-pass FY2023 bipartisan funding bill.

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Gillibrand Announces Inclusion Of Her Legislation To Protect Snap Beneficiaries From Fraud In Omnibus Bill

December 22, 2022 Contributor

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the framework of her legislation, the SNAP Theft Protection Act, is included in the end-of-year omnibus funding package for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023.

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Gillibrand, Schumer, Cardin, Wicker Announce Omnibus Includes Measure To Award Congressional Gold Medal To Benjamin Ferencz, The Last Living Nuremberg Prosecutor

December 22, 2022 Contributor

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) announced that their bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Ferencz was included in the FY2023 omnibus funding package.

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In Anticipation Of Powerful Winter Storm, Senator Gillibrand To Announce $5 Billion In Federal Home Heating Assistance Included In The Bipartisan Funding Package

December 21, 2022 Contributor

With a blizzard on the horizon and energy bills rising across New York State, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will host a video press conference to reveal the $5 billion in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding she helped fight to include in the recently released bipartisan funding package.

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Gillibrand Statement On 9/11 Health Funding Fix Being Left Out Of Funding Package

December 20, 2022 Contributor

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand expressed deep disappointment that her bipartisan 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act was omitted from the FY2023 omnibus funding package, but recommitted herself to passing the bill.

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AMIDST RISE IN HATE CRIMES, GILLIBRAND, PETERS, ROSEN CALL ON CONGRESS TO FUND NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM; FUNDING WOULD HELP AT-RISK RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER NONPROFITS PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST TERROR ATTACKS

December 19, 2022 Contributor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amidst a troubling rise in hate crimes and antisemitism nationwide, today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Gary Peters (D-MI), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) called on Senate leadership to robustly fund the Federal Emergency […]

Senator Gillibrand Announces Defense Bill Wins; Hails Historic Military Justice Reforms

December 16, 2022 Contributor

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Personnel Subcommittee, announced that several of her provisions were included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023.

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Gillibrand Calls on President Biden To Develop Unified National Stragety To Counter Antisemitism

December 7, 2022 Contributor

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and 125 of her congressional colleagues are calling on President Biden to develop a whole-of-government approach to monitor and combat antisemitism.

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