WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) -ranking member of the U.S. Senate Aging Committee - and U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) reintroduced landmark legislation that would create a nationwide grant program to support states' efforts to create their own Master Plans for Aging.
Over 61 million Americans (https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2024.S0101?q=Age+and+Sex) are aged 65 years and older, and that number is expected to rise to more than 80 million by 2040 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/02/14/aging-boomers-more-older-americans/). This legislation would help make sure that state and local governments are pr...