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November 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen released the following statement announcing $42 million in federal grant funding awarded to Nassau County and the Village of Rockville Centre for the Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) Bus to purchase modern, low-emission buses and rehabilitate the County bus facility in Rockville Centre. Gillen met with Federal Transit Authority (FTA) Administrator Marc Molinaro earlier this year to directly push for this critical funding, emphasizing how these improvements will benefit Long Island families and grow the region’s economy:
Issues:
Infrastructure
November 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement:
“Americans are counting on Congress to work together to prevent insurance premiums from skyrocketing for millions of people. Nassau County families cannot afford this cruel indifference to their financial hardships.
November 3, 2025
WOODMERE, NY – Congresswoman Laura Gillen announced that Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere has been awarded $350,000 in federal funding through the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), part of a total of $2,250,000 awarded to houses of worship and nonprofits in New York’s Fourth Congressional District.
Issues:
In the District
October 27, 2025
FREEPORT, NY – On Wednesday, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) hosted a roundtable discussion at Meadowbrook Care Center in Freeport focused on the rising cost of health care and its impact on Long Island seniors and families amid devastating GOP cuts to care:
Issues:
Health
October 22, 2025
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — Today, Representative Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement applauding the U.S. Coast Guard’s announcement to suspend its plan to remove critical navigational buoys in the Northeast, including those at East Rockaway Inlet and Jones Inlet on the South Shore of Long Island:
October 13, 2025
Rockville Centre, NY – On Monday, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement after hostages were released from Hamas captivity:
October 7, 2025
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement marking two years since the October 7th, 2023 terrorist attack:
October 1, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement after Republicans refused to negotiate a bipartisan federal funding package:
September 26, 2025
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – Yesterday, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04) held a virtual press discussing how proposed federal funding cuts to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC) will devastate ongoing pediatric cancer research nationwide. On the call, Gillen announced that she was calling on the Administration to reverse these proposed cuts through a bipartisan, bicameral letter. Gillen is joined on that letter by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY-17).
Issues:
Health
September 25, 2025
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) sent the following letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and National Cancer Institute Deputy Director Douglas Lowy calling on their agencies to reconsider proposed federal funding cuts to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium.
Issues:
Health