WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Joe Morelle announced that they secured $6,934,000 in federal funding for critical local projects across the Rochester-Finger Lakes region in the pending fiscal year (FY) 2026 spending bill currently being voted on in the House of Representatives and expected to come to a vote in the Senate later this month. The lawmakers personally secured funding for these projects as congressionally directed spending.
"These projects stretch to every corner of the Rochester-Finger Lakes region, from boosting the University of Rochester's cutting-edge quantum research to ensuring Roche...