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April 3, 2026

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) celebrated the final passage of lifesaving medical research funding in the House of Representatives to President Trump’s desk after a months-long push to move the stalled package through Congress.


April 3, 2026

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) led a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging Congress to direct federal funding to several Nassau County priorities, including health care access, support for local police and fire departments, clean water infrastructure, safer roads, and nonprofit security grants for houses of worship. Rep. Gillen's colleagues joined her in a series of letters to the House Appropriations Committee ahead of its work on Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) funding.


April 1, 2026

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) urged Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to immediately sign bipartisan legislation reauthorizing critical medical research and small business funding after it passed in the House of Representatives on March 17th. The legislation requires Speaker Johnson’s signature to be sent to the President and signed into law.


March 30, 2026

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released a statement after securing the needed bipartisan support on a discharge petition that will force a vote in the U.S.


March 26, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) honored the life of Village of Hempstead resident, Edna Jean Hamler, ahead of her 84th Birthday in remarks delivered on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
 


March 24, 2026

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released a statement following the State Department’s decision to reopen its Crisis Intake form for U.S. citizens in Israel. Last week, Rep. Gillen, alongside U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and 19 of her House colleagues, demanded U.S.


March 19, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04), alongside U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and 19 of her House colleagues, demanded U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio resume emergency evacuations and assistance for U.S. citizens in Israel after abruptly halting the State Department’s crisis response.


March 11, 2026
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) hosted a press conference to announce $1,031,000 of new federal law enforcement funding she secured through the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations process for the Village of Rockville Centre. The funding will invest in high-grade police security cameras to help prevent and solve crimes throughout Rockville Centre. 

March 9, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04), Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP-At Large), both members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Congressman Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-07) introduced the Child Automobile Restraint Safety Education and Training (CAR SEAT) Act. This bipartisan bill would direct the Secretary of Transportation to launch an education campaign on the dangers of noncompliant and counterfeit child restraint systems, including car seats and booster seats. The bill would also allow states and localities to use federal highway safety funds for public information and education activities to help families identify and avoid such products.

March 5, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released a statement following her opposition to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill: