US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand Calls On IRS To Expedite Unprocessed Employee Retention Credit Refunds

January 27, 2022 Contributor
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand called on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles P. Rettig to expedite and clear the backlog of unprocessed Employee Retention Credit (ERC) payments that were passed and guaranteed in the CARES Act in March of 2020.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration To Quickly Distribute Additional Rent Relief To Low-Income Renters

January 27, 2022 Contributor
Following the end of New York’s eviction moratorium, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined seven of her colleagues in urging the Biden administration to reallocate funding from the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program to assist low-income renters.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand Calls For Major Increase In Funding To Address Maternal Mortality Crisis Among Black Women, Eliminate Racial Bias In Maternal Care

January 25, 2022 Contributor
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand stood at South Side Communication Center with Deputy Mayor of Syracuse Sharon Owens and Co-Founder of Sankofa Reproductive Health and Healing Center SeQuoia Kemp to call for funding to address the nation’s maternal mortality crisis among Black women and eliminate racial bias in maternal care.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand, Colleagues Urge President Biden, Federal Officials To Purchase, Distribute American Made Masks

January 22, 2022 Contributor
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined her colleagues in writing letters to President Biden and other top federal officials urging them to prioritize the purchase of American-made masks in order to support domestic manufacturing and reduce dependence on foreign-made PPE.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand Announces Bill To Invest $40 Billion Annually To Expand Access To LIHEAP

January 21, 2022 Contributor
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand yesterday announced her plan to introduce the Heating and Cooling Relief Act of 2022, which would invest $40 billion in annual funding to expand access to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and expand eligibility criteria so families never pay more than 3% of their annual income on energy costs.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand, Colleagues Call On Biden Administration To Mobilize COVID Assistance To New York

January 20, 2022 Contributor
Amidst a surge of COVID hospitalizations and deaths in New York, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 12 of her colleagues in writing a letter to President Biden urging the administration to provide more COVID rapid testing kits for New York State.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand Announces Open Application Period For FEMA Fire Prevention & Safety Program

January 18, 2022 Contributor
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the application period for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Program will be open from Tuesday, January 18 until Friday, February 18.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand Leads 20 Colleagues In Calling On Biden Administration To Continue, Make Permanent OSHA’s Emergency COVID-19 Protections For Healthcare Workers

January 13, 2022 Contributor
As the rise of the Omicron variant continues to threaten the safety of our nation’s health care workforce, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is leading her colleagues in a letter calling on the Biden administration to continue and make permanent the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) emergency COVID-19 protections for health care workers.

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