WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand gaggled with reporters at the Mobil gas station in Massapequa, slamming President Trump for causing the highest gas prices in years. With the average cost of gas in New York State today at $4.60 per gallon-nearly 50 percent more than it was a year ago-Gillibrand called for an immediate and permanent end to the president's war in Iran, which is directly responsible for raising costs for hardworking New Yorkers.
"Long Islanders are being forced to pay 50 percent more just to get where they need to go,"said Senator Gillibrand. "This is the direct result of President Trump's reckless war with Iran. Long Islanders do not wan...