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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement after Republicans refused to negotiate a bipartisan federal funding package:

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).

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.

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.

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:

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.