119th Congress
May 21, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) and Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02) released a bipartisan letter urging the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) to increase funding for the Department of Justice’s State Criminal Alien Assistance Program in the upcoming CJS appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2026. This funding would support states, counties, and local governments who are shouldering the burden of incarcerating undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of crimes.
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In the District
May 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) introduced an amendment to House Republicans’ reconciliation package that would eliminate any limitation on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction, which was capped at $10,000 as part of the 2017 GOP tax bill. Gillen’s amendment would fulfill the President’s pledge to “get SALT back”, which he made during a trip to New York’s Fourth Congressional District in 2024.
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Cost of Living
May 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04), joined Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) and Rep. Dan Goldman (NY-10) in leading a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy regarding the ongoing instability at the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP).
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Health
May 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) demanded answers from the Federal Aviation Administration on the recent chaos at Newark International Airport and the impact of the TRACON N90 relocations during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing. Gillen expressed her deep concern about recent communications outages at Newark, including a recent communications system failure that left Newark Air Traffic Control unable to see or talk to planes in the area.
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Infrastructure
May 7, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a new
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Health
May 7, 2025
U.S. Rep. Laura Gillen, a Democrat representing New York’s 4th Congressional District reintroduced a bipartisan bill aimed at protecting access to in vitro fertilization across the country.
The Access to Family Building Act, which Gillen is leading with support from Lawler and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, seeks to federally codify the right to access IVF services. The legislation is in response to growing concerns that reproductive technologies like IVF are being threatened by recent state-level legal developments and court rulings.
May 7, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04) held a press call with Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) to announce the introduction of H.R. 2049, the Access to Family Building Act of 2025, which they led alongside Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01). This bipartisan bill would codify the right to access IVF nationwide. The Access to Family Building Act of 2025 is the only bipartisan bill providing a federal statutory right to access IVF that has been introduced in the 119th Congress.
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Health
May 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of National Police Week, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04), a member of the Law Enforcement Caucus, joined Congressman John Rutherford (FL-05) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers for the Bipartisan Working Group’s meeting with representatives from the National Association of Police Organizations, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the Major Counties Sheriffs Association, and the Major Cities Chiefs Association.
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Law Enforcement
May 5, 2025
U.S. Rep. Laura Gillen, who represents the southern part of Nassau County, responded to the investigation by calling for federal action, describing the situation as a “national crisis.”
She urged the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to hold emergency hearings and called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate the surge and propose action plans.