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March 25, 2013 Schumer Says FDA Should Require Generic Versions Of Addictive Pain Killers To Have Same Protections As Branded Versions Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 15, 2013 Schumer and Obama Administration Officials Announce First-Of-Its-Kind "Compstat-Like" Database of Deadly Rx-Related Crimes - Law Enforcement Says New Tool Will Help Combat Violent Rx-Drug Robberies Taking Place Across New York Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2013 Schumer Urges FDA to Tighten Control of Hydrocodone, Among Most Highly Abused & Widely Prescribed Drugs in Upstate NY - Rx Painkillers Have Caused More Deaths Than Cocaine, Heroine Combined Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 5, 2012 Schumer-Legislation to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic Signed into Law - Plan Will Combat Growing Rx Drug Abust Scourge in Upstate NY that Led to Over 12,800 Reported Rx Abuse Cases Last Year Alone Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 26, 2012 Schumer Legislation to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic Passes Congress -- Plan Will Combat Growing Rx Drug Abuse Scourge in Upstate NY that Led to Over 12,800 Report Rx Abuse Cases Last Year Alone Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 18, 2012 Schumer, Joined at Senate Hearing by Buffalo Rx Drug Advocate Avi Israel, Secure Endorsement from DEA Official to Make Hydrocodone a Schedule II Drug - Major Step Towards Cracking Down on Prescription Drug Abuse Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 16, 2012 Schumer Invites WNY Prescription Drug Advocate to Testify at Senate Hearing -- Brings Buffalo Voice to National Prescription Drug Epidemic Conversation Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 9, 2012 Schumer Legislation Banning Bath Salts and 29 Other Deadly Synthetic Substances Signed Into Law Today by President Obama Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 2, 2012 Letter to Commissioner Hamburg Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2012 Schumer Legislation Banning Bath Salts, Synthetic Marijuana and 9 Other Deadly Synthetic Substances Passes Congress; Life-Saving Measure Now Headed to President's Desk for Signature Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2012 Letter to Pamela S. Hyde Administrator Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2012 Letter to The Honorable Margaret Hamburg, M.D. Commissioner Food and Drug Administration Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 8, 2012 Letter to Chairman Harkin, Ranking Member Enzi, Chairman Upton, and Ranking Member Waxman Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 4, 2012 Governor Cuomo Announces Legislation to Bring Consistency and Fairness to the State's Penal Law and Save Thousands of New Yorkers from Unnecessary Misdemeanor Charges Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
May 24, 2012 Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 23, 2012 Kirk, Manchin Amendment Would Help Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 23, 2012 Gillibrand Introduces Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 23, 2012 Manchin Amendment Would Help Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 20, 2012 With 14 Lifesaving Cancer Drugs in Short Supply and Over 100 Drug Shortages This Year Alone, Gillibrand, Parents, and Doctors Urge Congress to Pass Legislation This Week Providing Relief for Sick Patients, Children Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 9, 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Rep. Jerry Nadler
March 16, 2012 Schumer Secures Federal Funding in Fight to Combat "Drugged Driving' -- Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of Narcotics Like Oxycontin; Investment will Allow Police to Identify Drugged Drivers and Save Lives Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2012 Schumer: Stores Across Buffalo are Openly Peddling Marijuana - Like, Dangerous Knock-Off Drug - Pushes Legislation to Keep Drug-Like Products Out of Kids' Hands and Get Them Off the Shelves Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 8, 2012 Schumer Bill to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis Clears Key Senate Committee - Legislation Would Combat Growing RX Drug Abuse Scourge in Upstate NY that Led to Over 12,800 Reported RX Abuse Cases During 2011 Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 7, 2012 Schumer Bill to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis to Clear Key Senate Committee this Week - Legislation Would Combat Growing Rx Drug Abuse Scourge in Upstate NY that Led to Over 12,800 Reported Rx Abuse Cases During 2011 Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 6, 2012 Letter to Mr. Thomas Hadfield, CEO Breathable Foods, Inc. Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 1, 2012 Letter to Attorney General Holder and DEA Administrator Leonhart Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 22, 2012 Following Succesful Middletown Gang Raids that Resulted in 23 Arrests... Schumer: Witness Intimidation Could Bungle Upcoming Trials & Set Recently-Arrested Hudson Valley Gang Members Free - Pushes Legislation to Help Local Law Enforcement Protect Key Witn Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 16, 2012 Letter to Secretary McHugh Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 15, 2012 Synthetic Drug Use Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 13, 2012 Schumer: Stores Across Rochester Area are Openly Peddling Marijuana-Like, Dangerous Knock-Off Drug - Pushes Legislation to Keep Drug-Like Products Out of Kinds' Hands and Get Them Off the Shelves Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2012 Giffords Anti-Drug Trafficking Bill Becomes Law Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 30, 2012 Schumer Reveals: 'Drugged Driving' - Driving Under the Influence of Drugs Like Oxycontin - Dramatically Rising in NY, but Lack of Detection Devices and Training Makes Identifying Drugged Drivers Difficult for Law Enforcement Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 26, 2012 Senate Sends President Giffords Anti-Drug Trafficking Bill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 20, 2012 Schumer, Gillibrand, Owens Announce: Feds Release First-Ever Northern Border Anti-Drug Strategy -- Plan Improves International Coordination to Shut Down Flow of Drugs from Canada to NY Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 9, 2012 Letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2012 Letter to Director Lew Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 5, 2012 Schumer: Rosewell Park & Many Other Hospitals Throughout Western New York are Suffering From Shortages of Life-Saving Medicatios -- Pushes Three-Point Plan to Ensure Hospitals & Patients Get the Medicine they Need Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2012 Letter to Dr. Hamburg and Ms. Leonhart Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 4, 2012 Letter to Director Kerlikowske and Administrator Leonhart Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2011 Letter to the Honorable Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration - Regarding Potentially Toxic Chinese Fish Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 19, 2011 Schumer: Shortages of Life-Saving Medications Hitting Syracuse-Area Hospitals - Pushes Three-Point Plan to Ensure Patients Get the Medicine they Need Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 12, 2011 Letter to Dean Swigart, St. John Fisher's Wegman School of Pharmacy Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 6, 2011 Schumer Bill Would Make Price Gouging of Prescription Drugs During Shortfalls a Federal Crime; Bill Would Crackdown on Rogue Gray Market Distributors Who Seek to Unethically Profiteer Off Shortfalls of Vital Cancer and Heart Medications Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 30, 2011 Letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
Nov. 22, 2011 Letter to The Meth Project, Ms. Jennifer Stagnaro, Executive Director Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 18, 2011 Amendment Targets Drug Smugglers Using Ultralight Aircraft Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Oct. 24, 2011 Higgins, Kennedy Take Action to Stop Prescription Drug Abuse Rep. Tim Kennedy, ...
Oct. 5, 2011 Letter to Co-Chairs and Members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
Sept. 30, 2011 Letter to The Honorable Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 22, 2011 Letter to Honorable Jack Lew Director Office of Management and Budget Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
March 25, 2013 Schumer Says FDA Should Require Generic Versions Of Addictive Pain Killers To Have Same Protections As Branded Versions Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 15, 2013 Schumer and Obama Administration Officials Announce First-Of-Its-Kind "Compstat-Like" Database of Deadly Rx-Related Crimes - Law Enforcement Says New Tool Will Help Combat Violent Rx-Drug Robberies Taking Place Across New York Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2013 Schumer Urges FDA to Tighten Control of Hydrocodone, Among Most Highly Abused & Widely Prescribed Drugs in Upstate NY - Rx Painkillers Have Caused More Deaths Than Cocaine, Heroine Combined Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 5, 2012 Schumer-Legislation to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic Signed into Law - Plan Will Combat Growing Rx Drug Abust Scourge in Upstate NY that Led to Over 12,800 Reported Rx Abuse Cases Last Year Alone Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 26, 2012 Schumer Legislation to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic Passes Congress -- Plan Will Combat Growing Rx Drug Abuse Scourge in Upstate NY that Led to Over 12,800 Report Rx Abuse Cases Last Year Alone Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 18, 2012 Schumer, Joined at Senate Hearing by Buffalo Rx Drug Advocate Avi Israel, Secure Endorsement from DEA Official to Make Hydrocodone a Schedule II Drug - Major Step Towards Cracking Down on Prescription Drug Abuse Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 16, 2012 Schumer Invites WNY Prescription Drug Advocate to Testify at Senate Hearing -- Brings Buffalo Voice to National Prescription Drug Epidemic Conversation Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 9, 2012 Schumer Legislation Banning Bath Salts and 29 Other Deadly Synthetic Substances Signed Into Law Today by President Obama Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 2, 2012 Letter to Commissioner Hamburg Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 27, 2012 Schumer Legislation Banning Bath Salts, Synthetic Marijuana and 9 Other Deadly Synthetic Substances Passes Congress; Life-Saving Measure Now Headed to President's Desk for Signature Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2012 Letter to Pamela S. Hyde Administrator Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2012 Letter to The Honorable Margaret Hamburg, M.D. Commissioner Food and Drug Administration Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 8, 2012 Letter to Chairman Harkin, Ranking Member Enzi, Chairman Upton, and Ranking Member Waxman Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 4, 2012 Governor Cuomo Announces Legislation to Bring Consistency and Fairness to the State's Penal Law and Save Thousands of New Yorkers from Unnecessary Misdemeanor Charges Rep.Hakeem Jeffries, ...
May 24, 2012 Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 23, 2012 Kirk, Manchin Amendment Would Help Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 23, 2012 Gillibrand Introduces Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 23, 2012 Manchin Amendment Would Help Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 20, 2012 With 14 Lifesaving Cancer Drugs in Short Supply and Over 100 Drug Shortages This Year Alone, Gillibrand, Parents, and Doctors Urge Congress to Pass Legislation This Week Providing Relief for Sick Patients, Children Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 9, 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Rep.Jerry Nadler
March 16, 2012 Schumer Secures Federal Funding in Fight to Combat "Drugged Driving' -- Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of Narcotics Like Oxycontin; Investment will Allow Police to Identify Drugged Drivers and Save Lives Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2012 Schumer: Stores Across Buffalo are Openly Peddling Marijuana - Like, Dangerous Knock-Off Drug - Pushes Legislation to Keep Drug-Like Products Out of Kids' Hands and Get Them Off the Shelves Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 8, 2012 Schumer Bill to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis Clears Key Senate Committee - Legislation Would Combat Growing RX Drug Abuse Scourge in Upstate NY that Led to Over 12,800 Reported RX Abuse Cases During 2011 Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 7, 2012 Schumer Bill to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis to Clear Key Senate Committee this Week - Legislation Would Combat Growing Rx Drug Abuse Scourge in Upstate NY that Led to Over 12,800 Reported Rx Abuse Cases During 2011 Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 6, 2012 Letter to Mr. Thomas Hadfield, CEO Breathable Foods, Inc. Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 1, 2012 Letter to Attorney General Holder and DEA Administrator Leonhart Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 22, 2012 Following Succesful Middletown Gang Raids that Resulted in 23 Arrests... Schumer: Witness Intimidation Could Bungle Upcoming Trials & Set Recently-Arrested Hudson Valley Gang Members Free - Pushes Legislation to Help Local Law Enforcement Protect Key Witn Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 16, 2012 Letter to Secretary McHugh Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 15, 2012 Synthetic Drug Use Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 13, 2012 Schumer: Stores Across Rochester Area are Openly Peddling Marijuana-Like, Dangerous Knock-Off Drug - Pushes Legislation to Keep Drug-Like Products Out of Kinds' Hands and Get Them Off the Shelves Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2012 Giffords Anti-Drug Trafficking Bill Becomes Law Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 30, 2012 Schumer Reveals: 'Drugged Driving' - Driving Under the Influence of Drugs Like Oxycontin - Dramatically Rising in NY, but Lack of Detection Devices and Training Makes Identifying Drugged Drivers Difficult for Law Enforcement Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 26, 2012 Senate Sends President Giffords Anti-Drug Trafficking Bill Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 20, 2012 Schumer, Gillibrand, Owens Announce: Feds Release First-Ever Northern Border Anti-Drug Strategy -- Plan Improves International Coordination to Shut Down Flow of Drugs from Canada to NY Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 9, 2012 Letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2012 Letter to Director Lew Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 5, 2012 Schumer: Rosewell Park & Many Other Hospitals Throughout Western New York are Suffering From Shortages of Life-Saving Medicatios -- Pushes Three-Point Plan to Ensure Hospitals & Patients Get the Medicine they Need Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2012 Letter to Dr. Hamburg and Ms. Leonhart Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 4, 2012 Letter to Director Kerlikowske and Administrator Leonhart Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2011 Letter to the Honorable Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration - Regarding Potentially Toxic Chinese Fish Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 19, 2011 Schumer: Shortages of Life-Saving Medications Hitting Syracuse-Area Hospitals - Pushes Three-Point Plan to Ensure Patients Get the Medicine they Need Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 12, 2011 Letter to Dean Swigart, St. John Fisher's Wegman School of Pharmacy Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 6, 2011 Schumer Bill Would Make Price Gouging of Prescription Drugs During Shortfalls a Federal Crime; Bill Would Crackdown on Rogue Gray Market Distributors Who Seek to Unethically Profiteer Off Shortfalls of Vital Cancer and Heart Medications Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 30, 2011 Letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
Nov. 22, 2011 Letter to The Meth Project, Ms. Jennifer Stagnaro, Executive Director Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 18, 2011 Amendment Targets Drug Smugglers Using Ultralight Aircraft Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Oct. 24, 2011 Higgins, Kennedy Take Action to Stop Prescription Drug Abuse Rep.Tim Kennedy, ...
Oct. 5, 2011 Letter to Co-Chairs and Members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
Sept. 30, 2011 Letter to The Honorable Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 22, 2011 Letter to Honorable Jack Lew Director Office of Management and Budget Sen.Chuck Schumer
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