Press Releases
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).
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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.
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Health
September 19, 2025
VALLEY STREAM, NY– In case you missed it, PX11 and the Long Island Herald reported on Congresswoman Laura Gillen’s introduction of the Feed Hungry Kids Act.
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Education
September 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) and Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) sent a letter to House and Senate Democratic Leadership urging them to make robust law enforcement funding a redline issue in any government funding negotiations ahead of the September 30th funding deadline:
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Law Enforcement
September 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC — Last week, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04), introduced two amendments to the bipartisan Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025, which was passed by the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee during a full committee markup on Wednesday.
September 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement after the House passed H.R.
Rep. Gillen Announces Lynbrook Public Library’s Addition to the National Register of Historic Places
September 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement after the Lynbrook Public Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Earlier this year, Gillen called on the National Park Service to name the nearly century-old institution to the National Register of Historic Places, making it eligible for key federal and state preservation funding:
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In the District
September 9, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) held a press conference at Forest Road School in Valley Stream to announce the introduction of H.R. 5128, the Bipartisan Feed Hungry Kids Act, which would ensure that schools serving high numbers of underserved students remain eligible to offer no-cost breakfast and lunch for students.
Issues:
Education
September 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement after the House passed H.R.2643, the bipartisan Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2025. This legislation would require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress regarding the ties between criminal gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti and impose sanctions on elites involved in such criminal activities:
August 5, 2025
WESTBURY, NY – In case you missed it, Newsday, The New York Post, CBS New York and more reported on Congresswoman Laura Gillen’s visit to TRACON N90 in Westbury, where she applauded the decision to investigate the FAA’s relocation of N90 air traffic controllers from Long Island to Philadelphia.