Gillen Named to Key Committees for Long Island

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
January 14, 2025
CONTACT: Vidhya Jeyadev, 202-669-5538 

“I am honored to serve on the House Transportation & Infrastructure and Science, Space, & Technology Committees in the 119th Congress. I am looking forward to working with my colleagues to deliver on the critical priorities my constituents sent me here to accomplish and bring home federal dollars to NY-04. As a Member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, I will fight to improve Nassau County’s infrastructure: repairing our heavily-traveled highways, roads, and bridges, bringing home federal dollars for the busiest commuter rail system in the country, ensuring clean drinking water, strengthening our emergency preparedness against natural disasters, and protecting our shoreline. I will fight to protect critical federal investments the benefit Long Island, including funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act that are helping grow our region’s economy and directly enhancing our communities,” said Rep. Gillen. “Long Island has long been a major player in America’s innovation economy. I will use my role on the House Science, Space & Technology Committee to bring good-paying jobs home to Nassau County, bolster research and drive STEM innovation, and improve the lives of my constituents. I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on these committees to deliver real results for Nassau County.”

Background:

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: 

• The Committee has jurisdiction over all modes of transportation: aviation system, highways and bridges, transit and rail transportation, pipelines, and maritime and waterborne transportation. 
• The Committee also has jurisdiction over wastewater infrastructure, the Nation’s emergency preparedness and response programs, public buildings and federal real estate management, federal economic development agencies, and the U.S. Coast Guard, including the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach.

Science, Space, and Technology Committee: 

• The Committee has jurisdiction over much of the non-defense Federal research and development (R&D) portfolio.
• The Committee has exclusive jurisdiction over the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).