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Gillibrand, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration To Require Medicare To Pay For Rapid COVID Tests

January 27, 2022 Contributor

Tuesday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 18 of her Senate colleagues in urging the Biden administration to require Medicare to pay for rapid COVID tests.

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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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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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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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Gillibrand Pushes To Expand TRICARE Coverage Of At-Home COVID-19 Tests For Service Members, Their Families

January 21, 2022 Contributor

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), chair of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, announced her push to expand TRICARE coverage of at-home COVID-19 tests for service members and their families.

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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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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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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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Gillibrand Joins Senate Dems Calling For TPS Designations For El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

January 13, 2022 Contributor

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 32 of her Senate Democratic colleagues, led by Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), in formally requesting that the Biden administration grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) redesignations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, in addition to a new TPS designation for Guatemala.

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Gillibrand Urges Powell To Answer Questions About Stock Trading By Federal Reserve Officials

January 13, 2022 Contributor

Ahead of the Senate Banking Committee’s confirmation hearing for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is urging Powell to address the Federal Reserve’s trading rules for Federal Reserve officials, policymakers and senior staff.

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