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July 2, 2019 Tweet - "55 years ago today, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law It was and is a critical piece of the fight against discrimination and for equality in America But that fight isn't over until we have true equality for all We'll keep fighting, and we'll keep marching until we do" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 1, 2019 MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show - Transcript: "Trump, Kim Jong Un shook hands at DMZ." Rep. Jerry Nadler
July 1, 2019 Letter to Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York - Nadler, Velázquez, Maloney Lead Letter Urging NYC Mayor Take Action to End Non-Essential Helicopter Flights Rep. Jerry Nadler
July 1, 2019 CNN "Anderson Cooper 360" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Chuck Schumer Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 1, 2019 Letter to Phyllis Fong, USDA Inspector General - Members of Congress Demand Answers on Puerto Rico Nutrition Funding Delay Rep. Nydia Velázquez
July 1, 2019 Letter to Dr. Steven Dillingham, Director of the US Census Bureau - Meng Urges Census Bureau to Engage South Asian Community in Run Up to 2020 Census Rep. Grace Meng
July 1, 2019 Reps. Cook and Espaillat Introduce E-waste Reform Legislation to Protect National Security Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ...
July 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cassidy Presses for Access to Life-Saving Devices Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 1, 2019 Congressman Joe Morelle Introduces Legislation to Prevent Discrimination Based on Gender Rep. Joe Morelle
July 1, 2019 Matsui, Morelle, Hirono Introduce Legislation to Support Title IX, Gender Equity in Education Rep. Joe Morelle, ...
July 1, 2019 Representative Adriano Espaillat Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Stop Chinese Electronic Counterfeiting Rep. Adriano Espaillat
July 1, 2019 Tweet - "Brand name & generic drugs are equally effective. Generics can cost approximately 85% less than brand name counterpart. So Big Pharma pays some generic companies not to compete. It's called PAY FOR DELAY. @HouseDemocrats will ban this outrageous practice #ForThePeople." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
July 1, 2019 Tweet - "China is the world's largest producer of illicit fentanyl. We must hold them accountable for their role in the trade & trafficking of this deadly drug. Our Senate-passed, bipartisan sanctions bill does that. It's time for the House to take it up ASAP." Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 1, 2019 Immediately Following His Major Push at West Point, Schumer Announces Just-Passed Senate Defense Bill Includes Desperately-Needed Provisions to Improve Hazard-Riddled Housing at Military Installations- Like West Point & Fort Drum- for Nation's Heroes & Their Families Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 1, 2019 With Hundreds of Millions on The Line & Chance to Finally Put a Major Dent in Opioid Epidemic on Li, Schumer Makes Case for Swift Passage of Bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act; Bill Will Hold China Accountable for Illicit Trafficking on Li, Similar to Russia Sanctions, & Help Support Li Law Enforcement Along the Way Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 1, 2019 Cortez Masto, Colleagues Honor Anniversary of Title Ix, Landmark Civil Rights Law Prohibiting Discrimination in Education on The Basis of Sex Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
July 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Schumer, Zeldin and Higgins Lead New York Delegation Letter Opposing Looming Hospital Cuts that Would Devastate Rural & Urban Hospitals Across NY Rep. Joe Morelle, ...
July 1, 2019 Tweet - "New York hospitals must not be allowed to suffer because of their zip code. I'm leading every New York senator & congressperson in telling @CMSgov: These changes to how hospitals are being paid could cripple New York hospitals. That's unacceptable." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 30, 2019 Tweet - "With the spate of sicknesses & deaths of New Yorkers & Americans vacationing in the Dominican Republic: The federal government must double its efforts on getting to the bottom of things. ATF & more CDC experts should help the FBI with fact-finding. Now." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 30, 2019 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump meets with Kim Jong Un. North Korea continues to build nuclear weapons. Another typical Trump "show."" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 29, 2019 Tweet - "Unreal. President @realDonaldTrump should be holding Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder of journalist and American resident Jamal Khashoggi & for its human rights abuses in Yemen. Instead he's calling the Crown Prince a friend!?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 29, 2019 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump: This is unacceptable. Why are you backing down again on China? Huawei is one of few potent levers we have to make China play fair on trade. This will dramatically undercut our ability to change China's unfair trade practices." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 29, 2019 Tweet - "US economic growth is down. Consumer confidence is down. Trump tariffs that tax the American consumer are up. This economy is not working for everyone, mostly the privileged few. Time. To. Expose. The. Lie." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
June 29, 2019 Tweet - "Huawei is one of few potent levers we have to make China play fair on trade. If President @realDonaldTrump backs off, as it appears he is doing, it will dramatically undercut our ability to change China's unfair trades practices." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump is joking with Putin about interfering in our elections, but the joke is on us and Putin's the only one laughing. President Trump is basically giving Putin a green light to interfere in 2020." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "I will keep fighting for comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. And it's absurd that I even have to say this, but I will: I would not divert border security funds into for-profit prisons to lock up children and asylum seekers. #DemDebate" Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
June 28, 2019 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Gregory Meeks Rep. Gregory Meeks
June 28, 2019 Chairwoman Velázquez Announces Bills to Open SBA Programs to Legal Cannabis Businesses Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
June 28, 2019 Letter to Steve Dickson, C/O of the Department of Transportation - As Helicopter and Airplane Noise Continue To Plague Long Island and Queens Communities, Schumer, Gillibrand Call on Nominee for FAA Administrator to Prioritize Reducing Aircraft Noise for New Yorkers before Senate Considers His Nomination Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 28, 2019 Meng Statement on Voting Against Senate's Border Spending Bill Rep. Grace Meng
June 28, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communication Commission - Senator Markey Leads Colleagues in Call for Maintaining Strong Children's Television Rules Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 28, 2019 Muprhy, Blumenthal & Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Senate Resolution to Honor the 50 Th Anniversary of The Stonewall Uprising Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 28, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce - Durbin, Duckworth: Census Should Stay On Schedule, Omit Citizenship Question Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "BIG NEWS: A bipartisan majority of the Senate today sent an important message to President @realDonaldTrump: You do not have a blank check to pursue another endless war in the Middle East. #NoUnauthorizedWar" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "It's an honor to preside in the Senate today We're voting to prohibit @realDonaldTrump and the Defense Department from using any funds from our defense bill to pursue another endless war in the Middle East Congress must reassert our constitutional authority over war and peace" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Schumer Announces, Following Major Push, Bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act Passes Senate; First-Ever Targeted Fentanyl Sanctions Bill Will Hold China Accountable for Illicit Trafficking, Similar to Russia Sanctions; Also Comes with More Tools for Law Enforcement Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "PROUD the Senate passed a resolution marking 50yrs since the Stonewall riots We've come so far fighting for LGBTQ+ rights, but there's still so much to do I'll keep fighting for LGBTQ+ rights, to pass the Equality Act in the Senate, to keep making progress" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "Just left the Senate floor where I was so proud to preside as we vote on an amendment to our defense bill that would prohibit President @realDonaldTrump from using any funds to pursue a war in Iran without congressional approval." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, and the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Chairman Engel, Nadler, and Thompson Call on Trump to End Unlawful Safe Third Country Negotiations Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
June 27, 2019 NBC Democratic Party Presidential Debate Day 2 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump has arrived at the G20 and has already managed to insult our allies. Mr. President: Try aiming the criticism at our adversaries, China and Russia. You'll have a much better chance at making the G20 a success for American interests." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Letter to Daniel O'Day, CEO of Gilead Science Inc. - Committee Democrats Seek Documents From Gilead on HIV Prevention Drug Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
June 27, 2019 Keep Mail Safe Act Rep. Grace Meng
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "6 years ago this week, the Supreme Court delivered the disastrous Shelby County v Holder decision. A conservative majority undercut decades of progress by gutting key Voting Rights Act provisions. I sat down with @Essence because this fight is not over:" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "I want @realDonaldTrump to see this @AP photo. Mr. President, these are not drug dealers, vagrants, criminals. How could you look at this and not understand these are human beings, fleeing violence and persecution, willing to risk a perilous journey in search of a better life?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "The American people are worried that--even if President @realDonaldTrump isn't eager for war--he may bumble us into one. @SenateMajLdr McConnell finally agreed to Democrats' demand for a vote on an Iran amendment to our defense bill." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "When even this conservative Supreme Court determines that the Trump administration's argument is odious and dishonest, you know the administration's motivation behind adding the citizenship question to the census in the first place was an abhorrent one." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "Americans are worried @realDonaldTrump may bumble into war with Iran. I'm glad @SenateMajLdr McConnell finally agreed to Democrats' demand for a vote on an Iran amendment to our defense bill. Congress must reestablish itself as this nation's decider of war and peace." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "Today's Supreme Court decision to allow hyper-partisan gerrymandering is a devastating blow to our democracy, and the American people, particularly communities of color, will greatly suffer because of it." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
July 2, 2019 Tweet - "55 years ago today, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law It was and is a critical piece of the fight against discrimination and for equality in America But that fight isn't over until we have true equality for all We'll keep fighting, and we'll keep marching until we do" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 1, 2019 MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show - Transcript: "Trump, Kim Jong Un shook hands at DMZ." Rep.Jerry Nadler
July 1, 2019 Letter to Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York - Nadler, Velázquez, Maloney Lead Letter Urging NYC Mayor Take Action to End Non-Essential Helicopter Flights Rep.Jerry Nadler
July 1, 2019 CNN "Anderson Cooper 360" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Chuck Schumer Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 1, 2019 Letter to Phyllis Fong, USDA Inspector General - Members of Congress Demand Answers on Puerto Rico Nutrition Funding Delay Rep.Nydia Velázquez
July 1, 2019 Letter to Dr. Steven Dillingham, Director of the US Census Bureau - Meng Urges Census Bureau to Engage South Asian Community in Run Up to 2020 Census Rep.Grace Meng
July 1, 2019 Reps. Cook and Espaillat Introduce E-waste Reform Legislation to Protect National Security Rep.Adriano Espaillat, ...
July 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cassidy Presses for Access to Life-Saving Devices Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 1, 2019 Congressman Joe Morelle Introduces Legislation to Prevent Discrimination Based on Gender Rep.Joe Morelle
July 1, 2019 Matsui, Morelle, Hirono Introduce Legislation to Support Title IX, Gender Equity in Education Rep.Joe Morelle, ...
July 1, 2019 Representative Adriano Espaillat Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Stop Chinese Electronic Counterfeiting Rep.Adriano Espaillat
July 1, 2019 Tweet - "Brand name & generic drugs are equally effective. Generics can cost approximately 85% less than brand name counterpart. So Big Pharma pays some generic companies not to compete. It's called PAY FOR DELAY. @HouseDemocrats will ban this outrageous practice #ForThePeople." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
July 1, 2019 Tweet - "China is the world's largest producer of illicit fentanyl. We must hold them accountable for their role in the trade & trafficking of this deadly drug. Our Senate-passed, bipartisan sanctions bill does that. It's time for the House to take it up ASAP." Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 1, 2019 Immediately Following His Major Push at West Point, Schumer Announces Just-Passed Senate Defense Bill Includes Desperately-Needed Provisions to Improve Hazard-Riddled Housing at Military Installations- Like West Point & Fort Drum- for Nation's Heroes & Their Families Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 1, 2019 With Hundreds of Millions on The Line & Chance to Finally Put a Major Dent in Opioid Epidemic on Li, Schumer Makes Case for Swift Passage of Bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act; Bill Will Hold China Accountable for Illicit Trafficking on Li, Similar to Russia Sanctions, & Help Support Li Law Enforcement Along the Way Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 1, 2019 Cortez Masto, Colleagues Honor Anniversary of Title Ix, Landmark Civil Rights Law Prohibiting Discrimination in Education on The Basis of Sex Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
July 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Schumer, Zeldin and Higgins Lead New York Delegation Letter Opposing Looming Hospital Cuts that Would Devastate Rural & Urban Hospitals Across NY Rep.Joe Morelle, ...
July 1, 2019 Tweet - "New York hospitals must not be allowed to suffer because of their zip code. I'm leading every New York senator & congressperson in telling @CMSgov: These changes to how hospitals are being paid could cripple New York hospitals. That's unacceptable." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 30, 2019 Tweet - "With the spate of sicknesses & deaths of New Yorkers & Americans vacationing in the Dominican Republic: The federal government must double its efforts on getting to the bottom of things. ATF & more CDC experts should help the FBI with fact-finding. Now." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 30, 2019 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump meets with Kim Jong Un. North Korea continues to build nuclear weapons. Another typical Trump "show."" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 29, 2019 Tweet - "Unreal. President @realDonaldTrump should be holding Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder of journalist and American resident Jamal Khashoggi & for its human rights abuses in Yemen. Instead he's calling the Crown Prince a friend!?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 29, 2019 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump: This is unacceptable. Why are you backing down again on China? Huawei is one of few potent levers we have to make China play fair on trade. This will dramatically undercut our ability to change China's unfair trade practices." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 29, 2019 Tweet - "US economic growth is down. Consumer confidence is down. Trump tariffs that tax the American consumer are up. This economy is not working for everyone, mostly the privileged few. Time. To. Expose. The. Lie." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
June 29, 2019 Tweet - "Huawei is one of few potent levers we have to make China play fair on trade. If President @realDonaldTrump backs off, as it appears he is doing, it will dramatically undercut our ability to change China's unfair trades practices." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump is joking with Putin about interfering in our elections, but the joke is on us and Putin's the only one laughing. President Trump is basically giving Putin a green light to interfere in 2020." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "I will keep fighting for comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. And it's absurd that I even have to say this, but I will: I would not divert border security funds into for-profit prisons to lock up children and asylum seekers. #DemDebate" Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
June 28, 2019 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Gregory Meeks Rep.Gregory Meeks
June 28, 2019 Chairwoman Velázquez Announces Bills to Open SBA Programs to Legal Cannabis Businesses Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
June 28, 2019 Letter to Steve Dickson, C/O of the Department of Transportation - As Helicopter and Airplane Noise Continue To Plague Long Island and Queens Communities, Schumer, Gillibrand Call on Nominee for FAA Administrator to Prioritize Reducing Aircraft Noise for New Yorkers before Senate Considers His Nomination Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 28, 2019 Meng Statement on Voting Against Senate's Border Spending Bill Rep.Grace Meng
June 28, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communication Commission - Senator Markey Leads Colleagues in Call for Maintaining Strong Children's Television Rules Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 28, 2019 Muprhy, Blumenthal & Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Senate Resolution to Honor the 50 Th Anniversary of The Stonewall Uprising Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 28, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce - Durbin, Duckworth: Census Should Stay On Schedule, Omit Citizenship Question Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "BIG NEWS: A bipartisan majority of the Senate today sent an important message to President @realDonaldTrump: You do not have a blank check to pursue another endless war in the Middle East. #NoUnauthorizedWar" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "It's an honor to preside in the Senate today We're voting to prohibit @realDonaldTrump and the Defense Department from using any funds from our defense bill to pursue another endless war in the Middle East Congress must reassert our constitutional authority over war and peace" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Schumer Announces, Following Major Push, Bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act Passes Senate; First-Ever Targeted Fentanyl Sanctions Bill Will Hold China Accountable for Illicit Trafficking, Similar to Russia Sanctions; Also Comes with More Tools for Law Enforcement Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "PROUD the Senate passed a resolution marking 50yrs since the Stonewall riots We've come so far fighting for LGBTQ+ rights, but there's still so much to do I'll keep fighting for LGBTQ+ rights, to pass the Equality Act in the Senate, to keep making progress" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2019 Tweet - "Just left the Senate floor where I was so proud to preside as we vote on an amendment to our defense bill that would prohibit President @realDonaldTrump from using any funds to pursue a war in Iran without congressional approval." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, and the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Chairman Engel, Nadler, and Thompson Call on Trump to End Unlawful Safe Third Country Negotiations Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
June 27, 2019 NBC Democratic Party Presidential Debate Day 2 Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump has arrived at the G20 and has already managed to insult our allies. Mr. President: Try aiming the criticism at our adversaries, China and Russia. You'll have a much better chance at making the G20 a success for American interests." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Letter to Daniel O'Day, CEO of Gilead Science Inc. - Committee Democrats Seek Documents From Gilead on HIV Prevention Drug Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
June 27, 2019 Keep Mail Safe Act Rep.Grace Meng
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "6 years ago this week, the Supreme Court delivered the disastrous Shelby County v Holder decision. A conservative majority undercut decades of progress by gutting key Voting Rights Act provisions. I sat down with @Essence because this fight is not over:" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "I want @realDonaldTrump to see this @AP photo. Mr. President, these are not drug dealers, vagrants, criminals. How could you look at this and not understand these are human beings, fleeing violence and persecution, willing to risk a perilous journey in search of a better life?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "The American people are worried that--even if President @realDonaldTrump isn't eager for war--he may bumble us into one. @SenateMajLdr McConnell finally agreed to Democrats' demand for a vote on an Iran amendment to our defense bill." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "When even this conservative Supreme Court determines that the Trump administration's argument is odious and dishonest, you know the administration's motivation behind adding the citizenship question to the census in the first place was an abhorrent one." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "Americans are worried @realDonaldTrump may bumble into war with Iran. I'm glad @SenateMajLdr McConnell finally agreed to Democrats' demand for a vote on an Iran amendment to our defense bill. Congress must reestablish itself as this nation's decider of war and peace." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2019 Tweet - "Today's Supreme Court decision to allow hyper-partisan gerrymandering is a devastating blow to our democracy, and the American people, particularly communities of color, will greatly suffer because of it." Sen.Chuck Schumer
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