In the News
WASHINGTON — Long Island Rep. Laura Gillen is driving a bipartisan push to stop drunks from driving and strengthen a national tracking system of drug-involved car crashes.
The Drunk Driving Prevention and Enforcement Act, co-sponsored by Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), is intended to help make a 2021 law requiring anti-drunk driving tech in cars a reality.
An appropriations package that was passed by U.S. lawmakers early this year is expected to provide over $15 million in funding for over a dozen Nassau County projects that will improve water quality, law enforcement and infrastructure.
Long Island lost over $110 million in funding as a result of the federal government approving its budget on March 14, 2025. The continuing resolution led to several projects not having funds allocated for them.
After New York State passed legislation to allow law enforcement and other personnel on Long Island to carry and administer epinephrine auto-injectors, like EpiPens, in case of allergic reactions, Congresswoman Laura Gillen announced she and Congressman Andrew Garbarino would introduce legislation for a federally funded program to help equip law enforcement vehicles with EpiPens, among training efforts.
Every seven minutes on Long Island can be a matter of life or death.
A new bipartisan letter sent Friday by 16 House lawmakers to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff argues that any nuclear deal with Iran must permanently dismantle its capacity to enrich uranium — a notable message particularly from pro-Israel Democrats to the administration.
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.
U.S. Rep. Laura Gillen, a Democrat representing New York’s 4th Congressional District reintroduced a bipartisan bill aimed at protecting access to in vitro fertilization across the country.
The Access to Family Building Act, which Gillen is leading with support from Lawler and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, seeks to federally codify the right to access IVF services. The legislation is in response to growing concerns that reproductive technologies like IVF are being threatened by recent state-level legal developments and court rulings.