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March 5, 2019 Tweet - "I love the enthusiasm and energy from young climate activists. Democrats need to hear their voices now more than ever. It's time to implement major climate legislation now." Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 5, 2019 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 28, 2019 Tweet - "Senate Democrats are demanding @SenateMajLdr McConnell and the @SenateGOP take their heads out of the sand and answer three questions: 1. Do they believe climate change is real? 2. Is it caused by humans? 3. Do they believe Congress & the U.S. need to take immediate action?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 28, 2019 Tweet - "Every Democrat voted against Andrew Wheeler to be @EPA's Administrator He built a career as a lobbyist for big polluters He failed to take action on toxic chemicals & downplayed climate change since joining EPA in 2018 He is the wrong choice to be EPA's permanent Administrator" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 28, 2019 Tweet - "All 47 @SenateDems are introducing a resolution today that affirms 3 things: 1. Climate change is real. 2. It's caused by humans. 3. Congress must act. Will the @SenateGOP sign on?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 27, 2019 Tweet - "I'm so proud to keep fighting to #ActOnClimate for our planet, our kids, and our grandkids. And that's why I'm calling on @SenateMajLdr McConnell to finally, finally admit that climate change is real, it's caused by humans, and Congress must act." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 27, 2019 Tweet - "Thirteen days ago, I took to the Senate floor & challenged @SenateMajLdr McConnell to answer these questions: 1. Do you believe in climate change? 2. Do you believe it's caused by humans? 3. Do you believe Congress should take immediate action? I'm still waiting on an answer." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 26, 2019 Stefanik Passes the Natural Resources Management Act Rep. Elise Stefanik
Feb. 26, 2019 Tonko Recruited for 3rd Climate-Focused House Committee: Natural Resources Rep. Paul Tonko
Feb. 26, 2019 Tweet - "Reports say @realDonaldTrump plans to set up a fake panel at the @WhiteHouse of cherry-picked frauds who question the reality of climate change to "counter" the massive scientific consensus. If he does, @SenateDems will introduce legislation to defund it." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 26, 2019 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 25, 2019 Tweet - "Or, so @SenateMajLdr McConnell understands: "An Iceberg the Size of Pulaski County, Kentucky Could Soon Break Off Antarctica"" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 21, 2019 Tweet - "The @WhiteHouse wants to appoint William Happer to chair a panel on climate change & national security. Happer actually believes more carbon dioxide is good. He's even compared the "demonization of CO2" to the treatment of "Jews under Hitler." What?!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 21, 2019 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump's administration decided all on their own to end talks with California about whether the state is allowed to set its own fuel-efficiency standards:" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 21, 2019 Tweet - "Remember this when you hear Republicans and Fox News commentators criticizing plans to tackle climate change: Republicans have ZERO plans to address climate change. It's time for @SenateMajLdr to stop hiding and tell the truth about climate change once and for all." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 20, 2019 Gillibrand, Schumer, Blumenthal, Murphy Introduce The Plum Island Conservation Act Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 19, 2019 Governor Cuomo, Mayor De Blasio, Senator Schumer & Congressman Rose Announce Multi-Use Elevated Promenade on Staten Island's East Shore to Move Forward with Federal Funding Guaranteed Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 18, 2019 Standing At The Famed Women's Rights National Historical Park In Seneca Falls, Schumer Urges House To Swiftly Pass Lands Package That Includes Permanent Re-authorization Of Land And Water Conservation Fund; Senator Vows To Continue Fight For Full Funding For LWCF In Future Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 15, 2019 Gillibrand, Senate Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation To Promote Climate Change Literacy Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 14, 2019 Pallone and Tonko on EPA's PFAS Management Plan Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Feb. 14, 2019 Tweet - "Dear @SenateMajLdr McConnell: Stop trying to distract from the fact that the GOP has no plan on climate change. I'm headed to the Senate Floor to issue you a challenge to admit for the first time: 1. Climate change is real 2. It's caused by humans 3. Congress needs to act" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 13, 2019 Schumer and Gillibrand Pushed to Ensure that Lands Package Bill Permanently Reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 13, 2019 Schumer: We Tore Down Wall Of Fed Bureaucracy & Now The Seawall SI Needs Will Be Built Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2019 Tweet - "Big News: The Senate just voted to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, our nation's premier conservation program. It not only protects our public lands, but helps grow our outdoor economy. #SaveLWCF" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2019 Letter to Neil Chatterjee, Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Representative Levin Calls for Further Action on Key FERC Renewables Rule Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Feb. 11, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, EPA - Reassert Request for Information on EPA's Efforts to Gun Climate Change Protections Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Feb. 9, 2019 CNN "Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Tonko Rep. Paul Tonko
Feb. 8, 2019 Hirono, Markey, Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Green New Deal Resolution Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 8, 2019 Letter to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Bipartisan, Bicameral Leaders Promote U.S. Potato Industry in Ongoing China Trade Discussions Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 8, 2019 Schumer Announces Imminent Passage of Bipartisan 2019 Lands Package, Officially Designating the Jamestown Comedy Center as The "National Comedy Center of The United States"; Senator Says New Designation Will Make Jamestown the "Cooperstown of Comedy," Attracting Visitors from Far & Wide, Creating New Jobs & Bringing a Boon of Tourism Dollars & Economic Development to WNY Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 7, 2019 Natural Resources Management Act Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 4, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, EPA - Information on EPA Enforcement Actions Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Feb. 4, 2019 Tweet - "David Bernhardt might be the most special-interest-driven nominee President @realDonaldTrump could have selected to be the U.S. Interior Secretary. And that's saying something considering he would be following former Secretary Ryan Zinke." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 4, 2019 Schumer Reveals: Feds on Verge of Not Setting Drinking Water Standard for Highly Toxic PFOA/PFOS Chemicals that Have Plagued Li; Schumer Makes Public Push on EPA to Reverse Course & Issue Drinking Water Standard to Protect Public Health; Feds Must Be Held to Account Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 4, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - As EPA Prepares to Release Second 5-Year Review of Hudson River PCB Superfund Site to Determine Whether Cleanup Is Protective of Human Health, Schumer, Gillibrand Call on EPA to Deny a Certificate of Completion to GE Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Duckworth & Carper Lead EPW Democrats In Requesting Extension Of EPA Public Comment Periods Due To Shutdown Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler - Tillis Signs Bipartisan Letter Calling on EPA to Set Federal Drinking Water Standards for PFOA and PFOS, Including GenX Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 31, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Schumer & Gillibrand Demand EPA Issue Standard for Maximum Exposure to Protect Public Health; Carcinogenic Chemical Has Contaminated Drinking Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 30, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - After Government Shutdown Stalls Enactment Of Critical Farm Bill Provisions, Gillibrand Calls On USDA To Fast-Track Farm Bill Implementation And Provide Much-Needed Relief To Dairy Farmers And Other Producers Across New York State As Soon As Possible Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 30, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, EPA - Release Health and Safety Studies on Pigment Violet 29 Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Jan. 29, 2019 Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Representative Levin Urges EPA Acting Administrator to Read National Climate Assessment Rep. Tom Suozzi, ...
Jan. 29, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, EPA - Suppression of Public Health Study on PFAS Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Jan. 29, 2019 Tonko Warns Trump EPA over Reported Inaction on PFAS Rep. Paul Tonko
Jan. 28, 2019 Letter to the Acting Administrator Wheeler - Information on Dangerous EPA Clean Air Rollbacks Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Jan. 24, 2019 As Senate Environment And Public Works Committee Prepares To Set Its Agenda For The New Congress, Gillibrand Calls For Action On Solving The Climate Change Crisis, Eliminate Carbon Emissions, Modernize Our Economy And Create Good, New Jobs For American Workers Throughout New York And All Across The Country Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 24, 2019 Letter to the Hon. John Barrasso, Chairman of the Committee on Environment & Public Works - As Senate Environment And Public Works Committee Prepares To Set Its Agenda For The New Congress, Gillibrand Calls For Action On Solving The Climate Change Crisis, Eliminate Carbon Emissions, Modernize Our Economy And Create Good, New Jobs For American Workers Throughout New York And All Across The Country Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 23, 2019 Schumer, in A Personal Meeting with Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, Urges DOD to Keep Its Promise Under Mattis to Quickly Implement Interim Remediation Measures to Limit Spread of Toxic PFOA/PFOS Contamination at Recreation Pond and Beyond; Says More Work Must Be Done to Limit the Further Spread of Carcinogenic Water Contaminant Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 17, 2019 Clarke Elected Vice Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee Rep. Yvette Clarke
Jan. 17, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, EPA - Energy Star Website Deactivation Due to Government Shutdown Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Jan. 16, 2019 Congressman Morelle Votes to Provide Relief and Recovery Assistance for Americans Affected by Natural Disasters and Re-Open Federal Government Through February 8 Rep. Joe Morelle
Date Title Politician
March 5, 2019 Tweet - "I love the enthusiasm and energy from young climate activists. Democrats need to hear their voices now more than ever. It's time to implement major climate legislation now." Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 5, 2019 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 28, 2019 Tweet - "Senate Democrats are demanding @SenateMajLdr McConnell and the @SenateGOP take their heads out of the sand and answer three questions: 1. Do they believe climate change is real? 2. Is it caused by humans? 3. Do they believe Congress & the U.S. need to take immediate action?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 28, 2019 Tweet - "Every Democrat voted against Andrew Wheeler to be @EPA's Administrator He built a career as a lobbyist for big polluters He failed to take action on toxic chemicals & downplayed climate change since joining EPA in 2018 He is the wrong choice to be EPA's permanent Administrator" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 28, 2019 Tweet - "All 47 @SenateDems are introducing a resolution today that affirms 3 things: 1. Climate change is real. 2. It's caused by humans. 3. Congress must act. Will the @SenateGOP sign on?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 27, 2019 Tweet - "I'm so proud to keep fighting to #ActOnClimate for our planet, our kids, and our grandkids. And that's why I'm calling on @SenateMajLdr McConnell to finally, finally admit that climate change is real, it's caused by humans, and Congress must act." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 27, 2019 Tweet - "Thirteen days ago, I took to the Senate floor & challenged @SenateMajLdr McConnell to answer these questions: 1. Do you believe in climate change? 2. Do you believe it's caused by humans? 3. Do you believe Congress should take immediate action? I'm still waiting on an answer." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 26, 2019 Stefanik Passes the Natural Resources Management Act Rep.Elise Stefanik
Feb. 26, 2019 Tonko Recruited for 3rd Climate-Focused House Committee: Natural Resources Rep.Paul Tonko
Feb. 26, 2019 Tweet - "Reports say @realDonaldTrump plans to set up a fake panel at the @WhiteHouse of cherry-picked frauds who question the reality of climate change to "counter" the massive scientific consensus. If he does, @SenateDems will introduce legislation to defund it." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 26, 2019 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 25, 2019 Tweet - "Or, so @SenateMajLdr McConnell understands: "An Iceberg the Size of Pulaski County, Kentucky Could Soon Break Off Antarctica"" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 21, 2019 Tweet - "The @WhiteHouse wants to appoint William Happer to chair a panel on climate change & national security. Happer actually believes more carbon dioxide is good. He's even compared the "demonization of CO2" to the treatment of "Jews under Hitler." What?!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 21, 2019 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump's administration decided all on their own to end talks with California about whether the state is allowed to set its own fuel-efficiency standards:" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 21, 2019 Tweet - "Remember this when you hear Republicans and Fox News commentators criticizing plans to tackle climate change: Republicans have ZERO plans to address climate change. It's time for @SenateMajLdr to stop hiding and tell the truth about climate change once and for all." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 20, 2019 Gillibrand, Schumer, Blumenthal, Murphy Introduce The Plum Island Conservation Act Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 19, 2019 Governor Cuomo, Mayor De Blasio, Senator Schumer & Congressman Rose Announce Multi-Use Elevated Promenade on Staten Island's East Shore to Move Forward with Federal Funding Guaranteed Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 18, 2019 Standing At The Famed Women's Rights National Historical Park In Seneca Falls, Schumer Urges House To Swiftly Pass Lands Package That Includes Permanent Re-authorization Of Land And Water Conservation Fund; Senator Vows To Continue Fight For Full Funding For LWCF In Future Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 15, 2019 Gillibrand, Senate Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation To Promote Climate Change Literacy Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 14, 2019 Pallone and Tonko on EPA's PFAS Management Plan Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Feb. 14, 2019 Tweet - "Dear @SenateMajLdr McConnell: Stop trying to distract from the fact that the GOP has no plan on climate change. I'm headed to the Senate Floor to issue you a challenge to admit for the first time: 1. Climate change is real 2. It's caused by humans 3. Congress needs to act" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 13, 2019 Schumer and Gillibrand Pushed to Ensure that Lands Package Bill Permanently Reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 13, 2019 Schumer: We Tore Down Wall Of Fed Bureaucracy & Now The Seawall SI Needs Will Be Built Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2019 Tweet - "Big News: The Senate just voted to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, our nation's premier conservation program. It not only protects our public lands, but helps grow our outdoor economy. #SaveLWCF" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2019 Letter to Neil Chatterjee, Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Representative Levin Calls for Further Action on Key FERC Renewables Rule Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Feb. 11, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, EPA - Reassert Request for Information on EPA's Efforts to Gun Climate Change Protections Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Feb. 9, 2019 CNN "Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Tonko Rep.Paul Tonko
Feb. 8, 2019 Hirono, Markey, Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Green New Deal Resolution Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 8, 2019 Letter to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Bipartisan, Bicameral Leaders Promote U.S. Potato Industry in Ongoing China Trade Discussions Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 8, 2019 Schumer Announces Imminent Passage of Bipartisan 2019 Lands Package, Officially Designating the Jamestown Comedy Center as The "National Comedy Center of The United States"; Senator Says New Designation Will Make Jamestown the "Cooperstown of Comedy," Attracting Visitors from Far & Wide, Creating New Jobs & Bringing a Boon of Tourism Dollars & Economic Development to WNY Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 7, 2019 Natural Resources Management Act Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 4, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, EPA - Information on EPA Enforcement Actions Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Feb. 4, 2019 Tweet - "David Bernhardt might be the most special-interest-driven nominee President @realDonaldTrump could have selected to be the U.S. Interior Secretary. And that's saying something considering he would be following former Secretary Ryan Zinke." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 4, 2019 Schumer Reveals: Feds on Verge of Not Setting Drinking Water Standard for Highly Toxic PFOA/PFOS Chemicals that Have Plagued Li; Schumer Makes Public Push on EPA to Reverse Course & Issue Drinking Water Standard to Protect Public Health; Feds Must Be Held to Account Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 4, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - As EPA Prepares to Release Second 5-Year Review of Hudson River PCB Superfund Site to Determine Whether Cleanup Is Protective of Human Health, Schumer, Gillibrand Call on EPA to Deny a Certificate of Completion to GE Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Duckworth & Carper Lead EPW Democrats In Requesting Extension Of EPA Public Comment Periods Due To Shutdown Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler - Tillis Signs Bipartisan Letter Calling on EPA to Set Federal Drinking Water Standards for PFOA and PFOS, Including GenX Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 31, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Schumer & Gillibrand Demand EPA Issue Standard for Maximum Exposure to Protect Public Health; Carcinogenic Chemical Has Contaminated Drinking Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 30, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - After Government Shutdown Stalls Enactment Of Critical Farm Bill Provisions, Gillibrand Calls On USDA To Fast-Track Farm Bill Implementation And Provide Much-Needed Relief To Dairy Farmers And Other Producers Across New York State As Soon As Possible Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 30, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, EPA - Release Health and Safety Studies on Pigment Violet 29 Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Jan. 29, 2019 Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Representative Levin Urges EPA Acting Administrator to Read National Climate Assessment Rep.Tom Suozzi, ...
Jan. 29, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, EPA - Suppression of Public Health Study on PFAS Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Jan. 29, 2019 Tonko Warns Trump EPA over Reported Inaction on PFAS Rep.Paul Tonko
Jan. 28, 2019 Letter to the Acting Administrator Wheeler - Information on Dangerous EPA Clean Air Rollbacks Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Jan. 24, 2019 As Senate Environment And Public Works Committee Prepares To Set Its Agenda For The New Congress, Gillibrand Calls For Action On Solving The Climate Change Crisis, Eliminate Carbon Emissions, Modernize Our Economy And Create Good, New Jobs For American Workers Throughout New York And All Across The Country Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 24, 2019 Letter to the Hon. John Barrasso, Chairman of the Committee on Environment & Public Works - As Senate Environment And Public Works Committee Prepares To Set Its Agenda For The New Congress, Gillibrand Calls For Action On Solving The Climate Change Crisis, Eliminate Carbon Emissions, Modernize Our Economy And Create Good, New Jobs For American Workers Throughout New York And All Across The Country Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 23, 2019 Schumer, in A Personal Meeting with Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, Urges DOD to Keep Its Promise Under Mattis to Quickly Implement Interim Remediation Measures to Limit Spread of Toxic PFOA/PFOS Contamination at Recreation Pond and Beyond; Says More Work Must Be Done to Limit the Further Spread of Carcinogenic Water Contaminant Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 17, 2019 Clarke Elected Vice Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee Rep.Yvette Clarke
Jan. 17, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, EPA - Energy Star Website Deactivation Due to Government Shutdown Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Jan. 16, 2019 Congressman Morelle Votes to Provide Relief and Recovery Assistance for Americans Affected by Natural Disasters and Re-Open Federal Government Through February 8 Rep.Joe Morelle
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