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Laura Gillen

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Laura Gillen
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Biography
Laura Gillen is currently serving her first term in Congress, representing New York’s Fourth Congressional District. Prior to her election to the U.S. House, she served as the Town Supervisor for Hempstead, becoming the first Democrat elected to that role in 112 years. She is also a lawyer and a mother of four.
Top Priorities
  • Restoring the state and local tax (SALT) deduction to lower taxes for middle-class families
  • Defending reproductive freedoms and abortion rights, including codifying Roe v. Wade and protecting contraception and IVF
  • Strengthening border security and fixing the broken immigration system
Campaign Finance
Total Raised
$6,773,941
Top Donor Industries
Retired
Securities & Investment
Lawyers/Law Firms
Key Voting Record
H.R.7084 Defending American Property Abroad Act Yea
She voted in favor of passing the Defending American Property Abroad Act.
H.R.8029 Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act Nay
She voted against the passage of the Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act.
H.RES.1142 Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay
She voted against agreeing to the resolution concerning the disposition of a Senate amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026.
H.R.8029 Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act (Motion to Recommit) Yea
She voted in favor of a motion to recommit the Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act, sending it back to committee.
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