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Gillen Statement on GOP Tax Bill
July 3, 2025
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement after the House passed the GOP tax bill:
Issues: Cost of Living Health
Gillen: GOP Cuts to Medicaid Will Impact All of Long Island
May 23, 2025
In The News
Read the full article in the Long Island Herald

House Republicans advanced their plan last week to cut $715 billion in Medicaid funding over the next decade. Medicaid provides essential medical services to millions of children, seniors, people with disabilities, and veterans across our country, including 170,000 of my constituents in New York’s 4th Congressional District. These reductions will surely hurt recipients, but it is important to note that the impact of this budget cutback will stretch far beyond just these groups.

Issues: Health
Gillen, Nadler, Goldman Lead New York Delegation Letter to HHS Secretary Kennedy Demanding Answers Regarding the Ongoing Instability at the World Trade Center Health Program
May 16, 2025
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04), joined Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) and Rep. Dan Goldman (NY-10) in leading a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy regarding the ongoing instability at the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP).
Issues: Health
Gillen Blasts GOP Attempts to Slash Medicaid
May 7, 2025
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a new

Issues: Health
Gillen, Lawler, Fitzpatrick Announce  Introduction of Bipartisan Access to Family Building Act of 2025
May 7, 2025
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04) held a press call with Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) to announce the introduction of H.R. 2049, the Access to Family Building Act of 2025, which they led alongside Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01). This bipartisan bill would codify the right to access IVF nationwide. The Access to Family Building Act of 2025 is the only bipartisan bill providing a federal statutory right to access IVF that has been introduced in the 119th Congress.
Issues: Health
Gillen, Begich Introduce Bipartisan Youth Suicide Prevention Act to Honor Long Island Native Tyler Godfrey
April 9, 2025
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) and GOP Congressman Nick Begich (AK-AL) announced the introduction of

Issues: Health
Gillen Champions World Trade Center Health Program on House Floor; Urges Bipartisan Support for Permanent Funding Fix to the WTCHP
April 1, 2025
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04), delivered remarks on the House Floor urging Congress to pass a permanent funding fix for the World Trade Center Health Program. Below is a video of her speech and a copy of her remarks as prepared for delivery:
Issues: Health