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Gillibrand Calls On Congress To Pass Legislation To Help Veterans With Diseases Linked To Burn Pits, Other Toxic Exposures Obtain Benefits From VA

April 14, 2021 Contributor

Yesterday, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), U.S. Representatives Raul Ruiz, M.D, (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), alongside Jon Stewart, 9/11 activist John Feal, members of BurnPits 360, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), and numerous veterans advocates stood together to call for landmark bipartisan, bicameral legislation, the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act.

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Gillibrand, Colleagues Call On FCC To Include State, Local Data In Efforts To Expand Broadband, Close Digital Divide, Homework Gap

April 7, 2021 Contributor

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined Senate Democrats to call on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to include state, local, and tribal data in efforts to expand nationwide broadband.

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Gillibrand Joins Bicameral Push For Gun Records Restoration, Preservation Act To Strengthen Efforts To Prevent Gun Violence

April 2, 2021 Contributor

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined Senate and House Democrats to call for the Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act.

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Gillibrand, Colleagues Announce Reintroduction Of Voter Empowerment Act

April 1, 2021 Contributor

Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Reverend Raphael Warnock, and U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn and Congresswoman Nikema Williams announced the reintroduction of the bicameral Voter Empowerment Act, legislation originally authored in the House by civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis, who passed away last year.

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Gillibrand: Emergency Educational Connections Act Would Increase Funding For Emergency Broadband Benefits To Help Working Families Access Internet

March 30, 2021 Contributor

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced legislation to invest $6 billion for the Emergency Broadband Benefit program to help close the homework gap and ensure families across New York can access essential online services.

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Gillibrand: Attacks On Asian American Communities Are Wake Up Call To Tackle Online Hate

March 23, 2021 Contributor

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released a statement about a declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) that highlighted the heightened threat posed by domestic violent extremism in 2021 and that how white supremacist and militia extremists pose the most lethal threat to our country.

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Schumer, Gillibrand Joint Statement On Governor Cuomo

March 13, 2021 Contributor

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement:

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Gillibrand Urges New Yorkers To File Taxes Electronically To Quickly Access American Rescue Plan’s Child Tax Credit, EITC

March 11, 2021 Contributor

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is urging New Yorkers to file their taxes electronically to quickly access major anti-poverty provisions in the American Rescue Plan.

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Gillibrand Announces Key Legislative Victories For New Yorkers In American Rescue Plan

March 7, 2021 Contributor

Aided by aggressive action by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the Senate yesterday passed the American Rescue Plan to support American families and small businesses, and deliver critical resources for public health, health care, economic recovery and essential services.

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Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act To Compensate Essential Workers Affected By COVID-19

March 3, 2021 Contributor

U.S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced the introduction of the Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act, which will create a new program for all essential workers and personnel who have been injured or impacted by COVID-19.

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