WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Trump administration disbursed an initial $30 million tranche of federal funding Friday evening and announced plans to restore additional funding for the Gateway Hudson Tunnel project after an over four-month-long funding freeze led to a recent pause in construction:
"President Donald Trump and his administration's chaos have continued to hurt New Yorkers as he recklessly held the nation's most critical infrastructure project hostage with his political games. This waste of everyone's time represen...