Politics

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

As Omicron Cases Are Detected In New York, Gillibrand Pushes For Creation Of COVID-19, Pandemic Response Centers Of Excellence To Prepare For Future Variants, Help Prevent Public Health Emergencies

December 9, 2021 Contributor
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced the bipartisan COVID-19 and Pandemic Response Centers of Excellence Act, which would deliver funding to establish COVID-19 and Pandemic Response Centers of Excellence programs at academic medical centers across the country.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Dairy Pricing Opportunity Act

December 2, 2021 Contributor
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Gillibrand (D-NY), Leahy (D-VT) and Collins (R-ME) introduced their bipartisan Dairy Pricing Opportunity Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to initiate the process of holding Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearings within six months allowing producers and industry to consider and review proposals that could change Class I skim milk pricing.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand: Bill Modernizes WIC Program, Makes Families First Coronavirus Response Act Waivers Permanent

November 24, 2021 Contributor
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Senator Roger Marshall, introduced the bipartisan More Options to Develop and Enhance Remote Nutrition in WIC Act (MODERN WIC) to make WIC more accessible to low-income families and help ensure more applicants receive needed benefits by allowing them to certify and recertify for WIC services remotely.

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Senator Charles Schumer unveils the NRC’s new security measures. With the senator are, from left, county legislator Mary Flett and Amy Tresidder, and Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman.
US Senator Chuck Schumer

Schumer: Fact That Americans Ration Insulin Is Unacceptable But Now We Can Do Something About It In BBB

November 22, 2021 Contributor
Amid negotiations to pass Build Back Better in the Senate, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer revealed that the GOP is aiming to kill a critical provision in the law that will bring the cost of life-saving insulin down from its current $300-600 per vial to $35.

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