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June 17, 2026

Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04) joined Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY-10) and Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) in introducing the bipartisan Jewish American Security Act (H.R. 9211), to strengthen federal efforts to counter antisemitism in the United States and protect Jewish Americans. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK) lead the companion legislation in the Senate.


June 12, 2026

Rep. Laura Gillen has introduced bipartisan legislation to rename the U.S. Post Office on Atlantic Avenue in Oceanside in honor of Detective Luis G. Alvarez, an NYPD detective and 9/11 responder who died in 2019 from cancer linked to his work at ground zero.

The bill would designate the facility at 80 Atlantic Ave. as the "Detective Luis G. Alvarez Post Office."


June 11, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04) joined Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY-10) and Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) in introducing the bipartisan Jewish American Security Act (H.R. 9211), to strengthen federal efforts to counter antisemitism in the United States and protect Jewish Americans. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK) lead the companion legislation in the Senate. 


June 11, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Passenger Rail Crew Protection Act alongside Rep. Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-02), to improve public safety and address violence against railway crews aboard passenger trains.


June 10, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04), alongside Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17), introduced the bipartisan Cost of Living Tax Cut Act to lower federal taxes for families on Long Island and other regions paying the highest costs of living in the country. Currently, families in high-cost areas pay the same income tax rates as those in more affordable areas.


June 10, 2026

Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Laura Gillen (D-NY) this week introduced the Student Protection and University Accountability Act, which aims to compel schools to institute clear policies for addressing antisemitism and other forms of discrimination under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, or face losing their federal funding if they fail to do so.


June 10, 2026

Democratic Long Island Rep. Laura Gillen and Republican Hudson Valley Rep. Mike Lawler are putting their partisan differences aside to try to give residents of New York and other high-tax states and cities some relief.

The Cost of Living Tax Cut Act would require Uncle Sam to tailor income tax brackets to the cost of living in each region of the country.


June 5, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04), alongside a bipartisan coalition of her colleagues in the House and Senate, urged Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand coverage of cancer screening for 9/11 responders and survivors under the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP).  

Issues: Veterans