| April 29, 2020
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Letter to Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vice President Mike Pence, Alex Azar, Sec. of the Dep. of Health and Human Services, and Brett Giroir, Assistant Sec. for Health - 60+ Representatives Press Trump Administration to Improve Testing and Contact Tracing Infrastructure
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Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
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| April 29, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Engel Leads Effort to Provide Support to Blood Centers
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Rep. Tom Suozzi, ...
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| April 29, 2020
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Tweet - "The most amazing and confounding thing: President Trump announced he's using DPA for meatpacking plants, but he still hasn't fully invoked the DPA for COVID-19 testing. Why? We're not going to be able to open our food facilities and so many other things safely without testing!"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 29, 2020
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Tweet - "The only way we get our economy back up and running is by addressing the health crisis But President Trump's had scattershot focus. He's failed to effectively marshal the full power of our government. He needs to FINALLY fully invoke the DPA for testing, PPE, & medical supplies"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 29, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - DeGette leads 181 Members of Congress in urging relief for science and medical research community
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
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| April 29, 2020
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Tweet - "The American people are demanding answers and solutions. Sen. McConnell should focus the Senate's work on the crises caused by COVID-19--not right-wing judges or fulfilling his "pre-existing partisan wish-list" of protecting big business from any harm done to the American people."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 29, 2020
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Tweet - "House Dems are fighting to lift up essential workers and everyday Americans. McConnell wants blanket immunity so multinational corporations can violate the law without consequence. Get. Lost."
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
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| April 29, 2020
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Baldwin, Murphy, Schumer, Senate Democrats Announce Legislation to Federalize Medical Supply Chain, Increase National Production and Create and Equitable and Transparent Process for Delivery of Necessary Supplies
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 29, 2020
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Tweet - "GDP had its biggest drop since Great Recession We surpassed 1M positive COVID-19 cases We don't have adequate testing But a Trump official calls their response "a great success story" And Sen. McConnell only seems interested in unqualified, right-wing judges & protecting CEOs"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 29, 2020
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Schumer, Gillibrand announce over $1.7 million in CARES Act emergency funding for Southern Tier health network
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 29, 2020
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Schumer, Gillibrand announce nearly $1 million in federal funding to promote connected care for New Yorkers
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 29, 2020
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Letter to Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor - Baldwin, Murray, Heinrich, Democrats to Scalia: Do Your Job and Protect Workers Before Reopening the Economy
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 29, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security - Schumer to Feds: Allow grant money to be used to avoid layoffs and rehire Upstate New York firefighters during pandemic ASAP
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 29, 2020
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Schumer, Gillibrand announce over $1.8 million in CARES Act emergency funding for Capital Region health research centers
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 29, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Gillibrand, Schumer urge USDA to approve New York state's pandemic EBT program
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 29, 2020
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Tweet - "President Trump's failed leadership has left our frontline healthcare workers without needed PPE, testing, & medical equipment BIG--We're announcing the Medical Supply Transparency & Delivery Act to force him to use the full authority of the Defense Production Act for this effort"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 29, 2020
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Tweet - "When Senate returns next week, Dems demand tough oversight of the Trump admin's dreadful response to coronavirus, with Trump officials answering tough questions on why we don't have adequate testing, what is being done for workers & people, where the small business money is going"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 29, 2020
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Tweet - "We've heard from frontline workers what they need is testing, PPE, medical supplies Unacceptable that the Trump admin's failed leadership has left our heroes without basic supplies The bill we announced today pressures Pres. Trump to FINALLY fully invoke the DPA for this effort"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 28, 2020
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As Coronavirus Threatens United States Postal Service, Gillibrand Calls For Legislation To Establish Postal Banking, Fund USPS, And Guarantee Access To Ballot Box
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to Hon. Jovita Carranza, Small Business Administration Administrator - McSally Urges Improvement to Small Business Disaster Loan Program
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Nadler Leads New York Delegation Members in Bipartisan Call for Support of Cultural Sites in Future COVID-19 Legislation
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
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| April 28, 2020
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Chairwoman Velázquez on Status of Second Round PPP Loan Funding
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Rep. Nydia Velázquez
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| April 28, 2020
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Meng Introduces Legislation Requiring Federal Government Agencies to Translate Coronavirus Materials into Multiple Languages
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Rep. Grace Meng
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin, of the Small Business Administration - Chairs Grijalva, Velázquez: PPP Loan Distribution Must be Equitable for Small Businesses in U.S. Territories
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Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Shaheen & Hassan Call for Childcare Support for Working Parents in Next Coronavirus Relief Package
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Backed by Large Group of Senate Colleagues, Sens. Tina Smith and Elizabeth Warren Press to Include $50 Billion Childcare Bailout in Next Coronavirus Relief Package
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Reps. Pressley Maloney, Nadler Call for Support for Arts and Cultural Sector in Next Coronavirus Response Package
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Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Merkley Leads Push for Senate Leadership to Invest in Nursing Workforce Development Programs, Including Loan Repayment
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Warren, Ocasio-Cortez to Introduce Pandemic Anti-Monopoly Act
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to Jovita Carranza , Admin. of the Small Business Administration - Cornyn Urges EIDL Improvement for Texas Small Businesses
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Joseph Cuffari, Inspector General of the Dept. of Homeland Security - Wyden, Merkley Call on DHS Inspector General to Review ICE Detention Facility COVID-19 Policies and Practices
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Dir. of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Wyden Urges Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Reinstate Anti-Discrimination Safeguards in Mortgages
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - DeLauro, Cohen Lead Colleagues in Call to Repeal $170 Billion Tax Break for Real Estate Developers, Hedge Fund Owners in CARES Act
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Department of Treasury - Manchin Calls on Treasury to Revise Guidance for Governors to Distribute COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funds
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Tonko Introduces Bill Examining Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on Health Care Workers
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Rep. Paul Tonko
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Durbin, Duckworth Join Bicameral Letter Urging Federal Communications Commission To Coordinate With Other Federal Agencies To Inform Low-Income Families They Can Receive Broadband Services
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Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Durbin, Schumer, Menendez Highlight Role Of Immigrants On The Frontlines Of COVID-19
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Tweet - "Our first job when the Senate comes back should be demanding answers from the Trump admin Where are the tests? Where is the small business money going? But Sen. McConnell's focused on jamming through more ideological judges who want to take health care & worker protections away"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 28, 2020
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Tweet - "Senator McConnell: Why is there NO legislative or committee business related to the COVID-19 public health and economic emergencies scheduled for when the Senate returns?"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 28, 2020
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Tweet - "The red line for Sen. Mitch McConnell and Republicans in the next emergency relief package isn't saving small businesses, rescuing hospitals, increasing testing, or helping families. It's protecting corporations that put frontline workers in harm's way. How does that make sense?"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 28, 2020
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America's Global Leadership During Covid-19
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Rep. Grace Meng
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Reps. S. Garcia, Lowenthal, and Chu Lead House Democrats in Urging PPP Access for Labor Unions
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Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Tweet - "We're fighting for all DACA & TPS recipients--some are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 fight! It'd be self-defeating for our economy for the Trump admin to allow immigrants to lose the ability to work, support themselves They deserve equal access to COVID-19 testing, treatment"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Congressman Lowenthal, 105 House Colleagues, Call For 501(c)(5) Organizations To Be Eligible For Federal Relief and Recovery Funds
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Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Schumer, Gillibrand, Tonko announce over $42.7 million in emergency funding for Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, & Saratoga as part of emergency package
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Tweet - "The Trump admin must extend work authorizations for the 130,000+ TPS and 200,000+ DACA recipients It would be self-defeating for our economy to allow immigrants to lose their ability to work and support themselves And they deserve equal access to COVID-19 testing and treatment"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Harris, Colleagues Push to Include $50 Billion Childcare Bailout in Next Coronavirus Relief Package
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to Michael Carvajal, Director of the Bureau of Prisons - Harris, Colleagues Urge Bureau of Prisons to Release Critical Demographic Data as Country Confronts Coronavirus Pandemic
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Tweet - "The Trump administration's testing plan at best an incomplete and at worst a failure. His notion that states need to figure this out on their own is wrong. It's shirking responsibility. We need a national coordinated effort with strong leadership."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 28, 2020
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Covid-19 Language Access Act
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Rep. Grace Meng
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| April 28, 2020
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Tweet - "Senator McConnell showed how out of touch he really is when he suggested that we should let states that are being crushed by coronavirus go bankrupt. He's saying that police officers, firefighters, teachers, bus drivers, and more shouldn't get the same help as big business."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 28, 2020
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Schumer: L3Harris technologies in Rochester wins $95 million order to produce innovative Manpack radios for U.S. Army
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 28, 2020
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Tweet - "We're showing our thanks for millions of immigrants--and many of our dreamers and our DACA and TPS recipients--who put their lives on the line doing essential jobs in this fight. 1.8M immigrants work in essential businesses in NY. 1/3 of the NY's healthcare workers are immigrants."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 28, 2020
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Tweet - "I'm joining forces with @SenatorDurbin , @SenatorMenendez , & immigration advocates across America to demand the Trump admin extend work authorizations for the over 130,000 TPS holders and over 200,000 DACA recipients--many who are on the frontlines of the fight against coronavirus"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 28, 2020
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Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Senate Democrats Urge McConnell To Focus Senate Business on Coronavirus
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 28, 2020
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Tweet - "The #COVID19 pandemic is a public health crisis. Tens of thousands have died. Millions w/ pre-existing health conditions are at greater risk. Trump administration continues its effort to eradicate healthcare protections in court. They. Must. Be. Stopped. #ProtectOurCare"
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
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| April 27, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury and to the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - As Second Round Of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Funds Are Made Available, Gillibrand, Colleagues Urge Administration To Ensure Small Businesses Access Emergency Relief
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 27, 2020
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Following Push, Gillibrand Announces Inclusion Of Legislation To Help New York Repair Aging Water Infrastructure In Recently Released 2020 Senate Water Resource Development Act And Drinking Water Infrastructure Act
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
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| April 27, 2020
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Velázquez Urges Puerto Rico Financial Institutions to Redouble SBA Lending
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Rep. Nydia Velázquez
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| April 27, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Lawmakers Call for Puerto Rico Aid in Next Stimulus
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Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
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| April 27, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Meng and Suozzi Lead NY Delegation Members in Calling for Co-Ops and Condos to be Eligible for Coronavirus Relief Funds
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Rep. Grace Meng
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| April 27, 2020
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Meng: Coronavirus Antibody Testing Conducted in Queens
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Rep. Grace Meng
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| April 27, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Watson Coleman, Pocan, Carbajal, 150 Other Members of Congress Request Increased Protections for Frontline Federal Workers
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
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| April 27, 2020
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House Democratic Caucus Task Force On Aging & Families Outlines Blueprint For Protecting Older Americans Amid Covid-19
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
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| April 27, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, and Charles Schumer, Minority Leader of the United States Senate - Carter, Welch, Collins, Rose, Krishnamoorthi, Gonzalez Lead 115 Members in Request for Relief for Pharmacies During Pandemic
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Rep. Tom Suozzi, ...
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| April 27, 2020
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Letter to Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the Department of Education - Warren Joins Bennet, Menendez, Colleagues to Call on DeVos to Reverse Course and Allow DACA Students to Access Emergency Financial Aid Secured in CARES Act
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 27, 2020
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Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and Jerome Powell, Chairman Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Warner, Colleagues Urge Mnuchin & Powell to Expand PPP Opportunities for Minority and Underserved Communities
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 27, 2020
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Whitehouse, Markey, Merkley, Schatz, Gillibrand Call on DC Circuit to Strike Down Trump EPA's Do-Nothing Power Plant Rule
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 27, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Kenneth Cuccinelli, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Dir. for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Klobuchar, Booker, Cortez Masto, Colleagues Urge Administration to Implement Solutions that Allow Eligible Immigrants to Complete Naturalization Process
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 27, 2020
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Stefanik Named to Bipartisan NE Congressional COVID-19 Regional Recovery Task Force
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Rep. Elise Stefanik
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| April 27, 2020
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Tweet - "While Senator McConnell has made it clear that he's bringing the Senate back to fulfill his "pre-existing partisan wish-list" of protecting big business from any harm done to the American people, he would do well to focus on the actual crisis affecting American lives."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 27, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - McSally Calls for Establishing 9-8-8 Suicide Hotline in Next COVID-19 Relief Package
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| April 27, 2020
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Tweet - "The Trump administration bungled the first round of PPP funding and prevented too many small businesses even having access. We're fighting to hold them accountable. And we fought for a new round of dedicated funding for truly small, underserved businesses--not big shots."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 27, 2020
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Tweet - "Now that Sen. McConnell's decided the Senate will reconvene next week--he should instruct his Committee Chairs to immediately begin oversight hearings of the Trump admin on why we still don't have adequate testing, why some PPP lenders prioritized larger, wealthier clients, & more"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 27, 2020
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Tweet - "Americans are dying. They're losing jobs. We don't have adequate testing. How does Senator McConnell respond? By rushing to confirm his protégé--who called a Supreme Court decision to protect healthcare "indefensible"--to a lifetime appointment to the 2nd highest court in America"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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