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May 26, 2015
Letter to David Weil, Administrator of the Department of Labor - Wage Abuse in the Nail Salon Industry
Rep. Nydia Velázquez
May 26, 2015
Schumer Announces, Following His Push, Black Button Distilling In Rochester Has Received Fed Approvals Necessary To Expand Business And Increase Production -- Schumer Previously Pushed Feds To Expedite Approvals For Local Craft Distillery That Had Waited Over 200 Days As Permit Application Languished -- Schumer Vows To Continue Pushing For More Fed Distillery Inspectors To Reduce The Kinds Of Backlogs Black Button Had To Endure
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 26, 2015
Congresswoman Stefanik Cosponsors Important Good Governance Legislation
Rep. Elise Stefanik
May 26, 2015
On Memorial Day: Schumer: After Serving Their Country, Veterans Should Be Able To Easily Adopt & Bring Home Their Military Working Dogs After Retirement; Senate Defense Bill Includes Key Provision Schumer Will Push To Allow Former Service Dogs To Enjoy The Rest Of Their Days With Handlers On US Soil
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 25, 2015
Remembering Those We've Lost
Rep. Paul Tonko
May 23, 2015
Goodlatte, Conyers, Sensenbrenner, Nadler on Senate Rejection of the USA Freedom Act
Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
May 22, 2015
The Root - NY Rep. Blasts Black Conservative Sheriff Who Blames "Underclass' Behavior for Police Violence
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
May 22, 2015
Letter to Sally Jewell, Secretary of the US Department of the Interior - Halting Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 22, 2015
Schumer Announces West Point Projects Clear Key Hurdles In Congress -- House And Senate Appropriations Bills Bill Include Major Funding For New $70 Million Waste Water Treatment Plant On Base & $55 Million to Rebuild West Point Elementary School
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $24k In Fed Funding For Belgium Cold Springs Volunteer Fire District In Central New York
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Schumer Announces Ft. Drum Training Facility Clears Key Hurdles In Congress -- House And Senate Appropriations Bills Include Major Funding For $19 Million State-Of-The-Art Ft. Drum Military Training Academy
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announces $68 Million In fed Funding For Rochester Laser Lab Has Passed Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Schumer Announces Senate Appropriations Bill Includes $174M In Federal Funds For Brokhaven's Ion Collider & $125M For National Synchrotron Light Source II; BNL's Collider Is Only Remaining Atom Smasher In The Country
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Schumer: It's Time To Retire FEMA's 'WYO' Model From The 80's; Senator Urges FEMA To Do Away With 'Write Your Own' Insurance Companies; As Many As 80 Private Insurance Companies Are Short-Changing New York Sandy Victims, Churning Proft & Unfairly Reducing Payments To Homeowners
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Goodlatte, Conyers, Sensenbrenner, Nadler: Eleventh Hour FISA Proposals Not Options
Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
May 22, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $24K In Fed Funding For Belgium Cold Springs Volunteer Fire District In Central New York
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 22, 2015
Gillibrand Secures Medals For Two Long Island WWII Veterans
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 22, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announces $68 Million in Fed Funding for Rochester Laser Lab Has Passed Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 22, 2015
Meng Announces Social Security Office in Rego Park Reopens to the Public
Rep. Grace Meng
May 22, 2015
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 21, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Fair Chance Hiring Policy
Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
May 21, 2015
Schumer urges Feds To Ensure Critical Safety System Is Installed & Immediately Implemented Along Rail Routes Throughout Upstate New York, Before It's Too Late; Lessons From Philadelphia Derailment Need To Be Applied In New York
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 21, 2015
Schumer Calls On USDA To Meet With Locals Regarding Expensive Flood Repair And Mitigation Projects; Village Of Avon Was Pummeled By Recent Floods & Now The Villiage Could Be Stuck Paying For Expensive Projects To Update Local Water System Infratructure
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 21, 2015
Schumer: New York State's $52 Million Grape Crop At Undue Risk Due To Outdated Facility That Provides Critical Research To Local Grape Growers; Senator Launches Push To Replace USDA's Outdated Grape Research Lab In Geneva With New State-Of-The-Art Facility
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 21, 2015
Schumer Announces FAA Will Install Critically-Needed Runway Lighting Systems At New York's 3 Major Airports By End Of Year; After Plane Skidded Off Runway Senator Demanded FAA Get System In Place; Will Help Prevent Crashes & Dangerous Collisions At NY's Three Airports
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 21, 2015
Congresswoman Stefanik Introduces Common Sense Waiver Act
Rep. Elise Stefanik
May 21, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Potential Targeting of Federal Employees
Rep. Grace Meng, ...
May 21, 2015
Letter to Susan Collins, Chairman, and Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Increasing Funding for Positive Train Control
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 21, 2015
Letter to Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense - Prevent Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 21, 2015
Congresswoman Clarke's Statement on the Temporary Suspension of H-1B Extension of Stay Petition Processing
Rep. Yvette Clarke
May 21, 2015
Letter to Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Study on Forced Arbitration
Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
May 20, 2015
Letter to Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - TRID Regulation
Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
May 20, 2015
America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2015
Rep. Paul Tonko
May 20, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $180,000 In Federal Funding For The Cleveland Fire Department And Scipio Volunteer Fire Company In Central NY
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 20, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of U.S. Department of State - U.S. Support for Rohingya Muslims
Rep. Grace Meng, ...
May 20, 2015
Ayotte Urges Reinstatement of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 20, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - National Prescription Drug Take-Back Program
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 20, 2015
Transportation Infrastructure
Rep. Jerry Nadler
May 19, 2015
Members of New York Congressional Delegation Join Governor Cuomo's Raise the Age Campaign
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
May 19, 2015
Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015
Rep. Jerry Nadler
May 19, 2015
Congresswoman Clarke's Statement on the Fiftieth Anniversary of Head Start
Rep. Yvette Clarke
May 19, 2015
Gillibrand Introduces New Legislation to End Discrimination Against Potential LGBT Adoptive and Foster Parents Based on Their Sexual Orientation & Open More Loving Homes to Children Being Left Behind
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 19, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand, De Blasio Announce Over $1 Million In Federal Sandy Funding For Repairs To Staten island
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 19, 2015
Goodlatte, Conyers, Sensenbrenner, Nadler Press Senate to Pass USA Freedom Act
Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
May 18, 2015
Schumer: Distilleries Like Black Button Distillery In Rochester Are Forced To Wait Over 200 Days To Get Basic Approvals To Expand Their Business; While Distilleries & Craft Industry Are Growing Nationally By Over 50%, Federal Distillery Inspectors - Who Approve Requests - Have Been Cut By 10%; Senator Calls For More Inspectors To Reduce Backlog That Is Costing Distilleries, Industry Millions
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 18, 2015
With Dangerous Fentanyl-Laced Heroin spiking in Buffalo & Overdoses Dramatically Rising, Schumer Pushes To Reverse President's Proposed Cut To Drug Trafficking Program That Buffal Law Enforcement Says Is Critical To Breaking Up Local Drug Rings -- Launches Push to Prevent Cut & Raise Funding For Program By $100M
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 18, 2015
Gillibrand Statement on Shocking New Human Rights Watch Report on Retaliation Against Military Sexual Assault Survivors Shows Complete Lack of Accountability
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 18, 2015
Congresswoman Clarke Welcomes Cybersecurity Experts to Brooklyn
Rep. Yvette Clarke
May 18, 2015
Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 18, 2015
Congresswoman Stefanik Co-Chairs Congressional STEAM Caucus
Rep. Elise Stefanik
Date
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May 26, 2015
Letter to David Weil, Administrator of the Department of Labor - Wage Abuse in the Nail Salon Industry
Rep.Nydia Velázquez
May 26, 2015
Schumer Announces, Following His Push, Black Button Distilling In Rochester Has Received Fed Approvals Necessary To Expand Business And Increase Production -- Schumer Previously Pushed Feds To Expedite Approvals For Local Craft Distillery That Had Waited Over 200 Days As Permit Application Languished -- Schumer Vows To Continue Pushing For More Fed Distillery Inspectors To Reduce The Kinds Of Backlogs Black Button Had To Endure
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 26, 2015
Congresswoman Stefanik Cosponsors Important Good Governance Legislation
Rep.Elise Stefanik
May 26, 2015
On Memorial Day: Schumer: After Serving Their Country, Veterans Should Be Able To Easily Adopt & Bring Home Their Military Working Dogs After Retirement; Senate Defense Bill Includes Key Provision Schumer Will Push To Allow Former Service Dogs To Enjoy The Rest Of Their Days With Handlers On US Soil
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 25, 2015
Remembering Those We've Lost
Rep.Paul Tonko
May 23, 2015
Goodlatte, Conyers, Sensenbrenner, Nadler on Senate Rejection of the USA Freedom Act
Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
May 22, 2015
The Root - NY Rep. Blasts Black Conservative Sheriff Who Blames "Underclass' Behavior for Police Violence
Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
May 22, 2015
Letter to Sally Jewell, Secretary of the US Department of the Interior - Halting Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 22, 2015
Schumer Announces West Point Projects Clear Key Hurdles In Congress -- House And Senate Appropriations Bills Bill Include Major Funding For New $70 Million Waste Water Treatment Plant On Base & $55 Million to Rebuild West Point Elementary School
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $24k In Fed Funding For Belgium Cold Springs Volunteer Fire District In Central New York
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Schumer Announces Ft. Drum Training Facility Clears Key Hurdles In Congress -- House And Senate Appropriations Bills Include Major Funding For $19 Million State-Of-The-Art Ft. Drum Military Training Academy
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announces $68 Million In fed Funding For Rochester Laser Lab Has Passed Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Schumer Announces Senate Appropriations Bill Includes $174M In Federal Funds For Brokhaven's Ion Collider & $125M For National Synchrotron Light Source II; BNL's Collider Is Only Remaining Atom Smasher In The Country
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Schumer: It's Time To Retire FEMA's 'WYO' Model From The 80's; Senator Urges FEMA To Do Away With 'Write Your Own' Insurance Companies; As Many As 80 Private Insurance Companies Are Short-Changing New York Sandy Victims, Churning Proft & Unfairly Reducing Payments To Homeowners
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 22, 2015
Goodlatte, Conyers, Sensenbrenner, Nadler: Eleventh Hour FISA Proposals Not Options
Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
May 22, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $24K In Fed Funding For Belgium Cold Springs Volunteer Fire District In Central New York
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 22, 2015
Gillibrand Secures Medals For Two Long Island WWII Veterans
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 22, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announces $68 Million in Fed Funding for Rochester Laser Lab Has Passed Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 22, 2015
Meng Announces Social Security Office in Rego Park Reopens to the Public
Rep.Grace Meng
May 22, 2015
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 21, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Fair Chance Hiring Policy
Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
May 21, 2015
Schumer urges Feds To Ensure Critical Safety System Is Installed & Immediately Implemented Along Rail Routes Throughout Upstate New York, Before It's Too Late; Lessons From Philadelphia Derailment Need To Be Applied In New York
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 21, 2015
Schumer Calls On USDA To Meet With Locals Regarding Expensive Flood Repair And Mitigation Projects; Village Of Avon Was Pummeled By Recent Floods & Now The Villiage Could Be Stuck Paying For Expensive Projects To Update Local Water System Infratructure
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 21, 2015
Schumer: New York State's $52 Million Grape Crop At Undue Risk Due To Outdated Facility That Provides Critical Research To Local Grape Growers; Senator Launches Push To Replace USDA's Outdated Grape Research Lab In Geneva With New State-Of-The-Art Facility
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 21, 2015
Schumer Announces FAA Will Install Critically-Needed Runway Lighting Systems At New York's 3 Major Airports By End Of Year; After Plane Skidded Off Runway Senator Demanded FAA Get System In Place; Will Help Prevent Crashes & Dangerous Collisions At NY's Three Airports
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 21, 2015
Congresswoman Stefanik Introduces Common Sense Waiver Act
Rep.Elise Stefanik
May 21, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Potential Targeting of Federal Employees
Rep.Grace Meng, ...
May 21, 2015
Letter to Susan Collins, Chairman, and Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Increasing Funding for Positive Train Control
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 21, 2015
Letter to Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense - Prevent Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 21, 2015
Congresswoman Clarke's Statement on the Temporary Suspension of H-1B Extension of Stay Petition Processing
Rep.Yvette Clarke
May 21, 2015
Letter to Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Study on Forced Arbitration
Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
May 20, 2015
Letter to Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - TRID Regulation
Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
May 20, 2015
America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2015
Rep.Paul Tonko
May 20, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $180,000 In Federal Funding For The Cleveland Fire Department And Scipio Volunteer Fire Company In Central NY
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 20, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of U.S. Department of State - U.S. Support for Rohingya Muslims
Rep.Grace Meng, ...
May 20, 2015
Ayotte Urges Reinstatement of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 20, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - National Prescription Drug Take-Back Program
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 20, 2015
Transportation Infrastructure
Rep.Jerry Nadler
May 19, 2015
Members of New York Congressional Delegation Join Governor Cuomo's Raise the Age Campaign
Rep.Hakeem Jeffries, ...
May 19, 2015
Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015
Rep.Jerry Nadler
May 19, 2015
Congresswoman Clarke's Statement on the Fiftieth Anniversary of Head Start
Rep.Yvette Clarke
May 19, 2015
Gillibrand Introduces New Legislation to End Discrimination Against Potential LGBT Adoptive and Foster Parents Based on Their Sexual Orientation & Open More Loving Homes to Children Being Left Behind
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 19, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand, De Blasio Announce Over $1 Million In Federal Sandy Funding For Repairs To Staten island
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 19, 2015
Goodlatte, Conyers, Sensenbrenner, Nadler Press Senate to Pass USA Freedom Act
Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
May 18, 2015
Schumer: Distilleries Like Black Button Distillery In Rochester Are Forced To Wait Over 200 Days To Get Basic Approvals To Expand Their Business; While Distilleries & Craft Industry Are Growing Nationally By Over 50%, Federal Distillery Inspectors - Who Approve Requests - Have Been Cut By 10%; Senator Calls For More Inspectors To Reduce Backlog That Is Costing Distilleries, Industry Millions
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 18, 2015
With Dangerous Fentanyl-Laced Heroin spiking in Buffalo & Overdoses Dramatically Rising, Schumer Pushes To Reverse President's Proposed Cut To Drug Trafficking Program That Buffal Law Enforcement Says Is Critical To Breaking Up Local Drug Rings -- Launches Push to Prevent Cut & Raise Funding For Program By $100M
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 18, 2015
Gillibrand Statement on Shocking New Human Rights Watch Report on Retaliation Against Military Sexual Assault Survivors Shows Complete Lack of Accountability
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 18, 2015
Congresswoman Clarke Welcomes Cybersecurity Experts to Brooklyn
Rep.Yvette Clarke
May 18, 2015
Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 18, 2015
Congresswoman Stefanik Co-Chairs Congressional STEAM Caucus
Rep.Elise Stefanik
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