Press Releases
Slaughter Announces More Than $210,000 in Funding to Help Monroe County Crime Lab Reduce DNA Backlog
Award from the Department of Justice will accelerate forensic analysis
Attacks on women’s health services including abortion continue 43 years after the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision
Washington, DC – The co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, Congresswomen Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY), today called for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation into the many barriers women face when trying to access their constitutionally-protected right to medical care, including abortion services.
Continues work to bring the photonics institute online
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Louise M.
Will help develop antibiotics to combat drug-resistant bacteria
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (NY-25), the only microbiologist in Congress, announced today that the National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a $436,989 grant to the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Protects the livelihood of 65 Rochestarians and their families, helps the manufacturer continue to grow
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (NY-25) joined Navitar CEO Julian Goldstein at the manufacturer’s headquarters today to announce a major victory over Chinese counterfeiters.
Slaughter urged Commerce Department to support this proposal to continue the nonprofit’s economic develop initiatives
WASHINGTON, DC —Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-25) announced today that High Tech Rochester (HTR) has received a $2.5 million grant from the Economic Development Administration to renovate its headquarters in downtown Rochester.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-25) today announced that Harris Corporation has been awarded a $33 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency, the Department of Defense’s largest combat support agency, that will be used to purchase spare parts for its radio systems.
Funding will support construction of centralized deicing containment facility
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-25) announced today that the Department of Transportation has awarded the Greater Rochester International Airport a $1.9 million dollar grant to build a 11,700 square foot deicing containment facility.
Will help develop quantum photonic circuits that could advance new device technology
WASHINGTON, DC —Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (NY-25) announced today that the National Science Foundation has awarded a $2 million grant to the University of Rochester to continue their pioneering photonics research.
Gillibrand and Slaughter’s Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act would give federal wildlife officials the ability the block importation of species that pose an imminent threat
Rochester, NY – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter, co-chair of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force, today announced introduction of the Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act, legislation to protect New York’s natural resources from the threat of invasive species.