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Gillibrand Calls For Investigation Into Potential Unfair, Deceptive Airline Business Practices

July 22, 2022 Contributor

In the midst of record-breaking flight cancellations and chaos at airports, Senator Gillibrand held a press conference to highlight a letter she is leading with Senators Blumenthal (D-CT) and Padilla (D-CA) to the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the agencies to investigate whether airlines are engaging in unfair or deceptive business practices.

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Gillibrand Fights To Provide Mandatory Funding For Title X Family Planning Program

July 22, 2022 Contributor

This week, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined her colleagues in support of the Expanding Access to Family Planning Act to provide consistent and mandatory funding for the Title X Family Planning Program.

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Sheriff Hilton To Provide Free Signs To Local Businesses

July 17, 2022 Contributor

Sheriff Don Hilton has launched a campaign to provide free “Lawful concealed carry permitted” signs to local businesses in order to comply with recently passed New York State Gun laws set to take effect in September.

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Gillibrand, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration To Declare National, Public Health Emergency On Reproductive Rights

July 15, 2022 Contributor

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 17 of her colleagues in urging the Biden administration to declare a national and public health emergency over Americans’ access to reproductive care.

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Gillibrand, Schumer Call For Reopening Of Amtrak’s Adirondack Line To Help Revitalize North Country

July 15, 2022 Contributor

Yesterday, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand called on Amtrak to reopen the Adirondack line, the upstate rail service between Montreal and New York City that has been suspended for more than two years due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

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Barclay: Why Is Gov. Hochul Stalling The State’s COVID-19 Response Report?

July 8, 2022 Contributor

Since taking office, Gov. Kathy Hochul has insisted a full review of the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response is forthcoming.

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Barclay: Extraordinary Session Failure Highlights Albany’s Typical Dysfunction

July 2, 2022 Contributor

Last week, Gov. Kathy Hochul convened an “extraordinary session” of the Legislature in a knee-jerk overreaction to a recent Supreme Court ruling that determined New York’s gun licensing laws to be unconstitutional.

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Schumer Announces Extension Of School Lunch, Child Nutrition Waivers Has Been Signed Into Law

June 28, 2022 Contributor

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer yesterday announced the bipartisan Keep Kids Fed Act has officially been signed into law.

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Schumer Announces Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Now Signed Into Law

June 26, 2022 Contributor

Following the tragic mass shootings on Buffalo’s East Side and in Uvalde, TX, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer yesterday announced the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first significant gun safety bill in nearly 30 years, has now been signed into law.

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Gillibrand Issues Statement On Supreme Court Overturning Roe V. Wade

June 24, 2022 Contributor

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade:

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