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Dec. 18, 2019 Schumer, Gillibrand Deliver For Upstate NY Teachers; Senators Reject Administration's Thoughtless Proposal To Totally Eliminate Teacher Recruitment Grant Program, Instead Fought To Increase Funding By $76 Million In Upcoming Spending Package Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Dec. 17, 2019 Adams Leads Effort to Investigate the Administration's Failure to Uphold Promise to HBCUs Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
Dec. 17, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mike Esper, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Defense - Warren, Brown, Adams, Colleagues Raise Concerns Over Inadequate DoD Science and Engineering Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other Minority Serving Institutions Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
Dec. 10, 2019 Tweet - "I'm so proud the Senate & House passed the FUTURE Act for HBCUs & Minority-Serving Institutions President Trump must sign it now so that Minority-Serving Institutions in New York across the country have the resources they need to continue serving our next generations of leaders" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 5, 2019 Tweet - "Today the Senate finally passed the #FUTUREact. It provides critical funding to HBCUs & other minority-serving institutions. These institutions are essential to making higher education accessible for ALL Americans. We should always make sure they have the support they need." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 4, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Thomas Modly, Acting Secretary of the Navy - Congressman Kildee, senator Durbin fight for Navy veteran to receive benefits denied by bureaucratic failures Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
Nov. 26, 2019 Suozzi meets with UJA-federation of New York; promotes the "Never Again Education Act" and speaks out against anti-semitism and hate speech Rep. Tom Suozzi
Nov. 25, 2019 Meng Introduces Legislation to Close the Nation's Homework Gap Rep. Grace Meng
Nov. 21, 2019 Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act Rep. Grace Meng
Nov. 20, 2019 Tweet - "Democrats attempted to restore expired funding for our HBCUs and other minority serving institutions in the continuing resolution to fund the government. Republicans keep blocking our attempts. But we remain committed to securing this funding any way we can." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 18, 2019 Letter to Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos - Committee Democrats Condemn Education Department Proposal to Eliminate Collection of Critical Civil Rights Data Rep. Joe Morelle, ...
Nov. 18, 2019 Letter to Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Democrats Slam Devos' Decision to Mask Education Inequalities by Halting Critical Elements of Civil Rights Data Collection Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Nov. 15, 2019 Tweet - "Steven Menashi helped design an illegal scheme to use private data of students swindled by for-profit colleges to deny them debt relief. How can anyone trust him to fairly uphold the law? He's among the worst nominees @SenateGOP has rubber-stamped." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 13, 2019 Tweet - "Mr. Menashi has a troubling record on race, women's equality, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights. He had a leading role in designing an illegal effort to deny debt relief to thousands of students swindled by for-profit colleges. His nomination to the federal bench is an insult." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 12, 2019 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 12, 2019 Letter to the Hon. James Owens, Acting Admin. of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Schumer reveals: Critical Fed report on school bus safety that studies new tech--like stop sign cams on a bus's side--sits parked in Fed bureaucracy; with +2.3m ny kids riding each day, senator demands Feds release report, implement any needed actions & create fund to help districts purchase cams that can protect LI kids Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 11, 2019 Tweet - "Steven Menashi played a leading role in designing an illegal effort to deny debt relief to thousands of students swindled by for-profit colleges That fact that President Trump is rewarding him with a lifetime appointment to the federal bench is appalling" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 10, 2019 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Hon. Christopher Wray, Dir. of the Federal Bureau of Investigations - Schumer reveals: Department of Justice is failing to implement law giving NYC & LI preschools & afterschool programs special access to FBI background checks to screen for sex offenders & other transgressors before hiring; protecting kids must be DOJ priority Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Nov. 8, 2019 Tweet - "Steven Menashi concocted a plan to illegally use the private Social Security data of defrauded student borrowers to deny them debt forgiveness after they were preyed upon by for-profit schools This is someone Pres. Trump wants us to make a federal judge?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 7, 2019 Tweet - "A judge is supposed to uphold and interpret the law, have a reverence for the law. Not someone who schemes to break it. Steven Menashi's nomination is an embarrassment and an insult to millions of hardworking Americans saddled by student debt." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 7, 2019 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 7, 2019 Tweet - "Let me repeat: Steven Menashi concocted a plan to illegally use the private Social Security data of defrauded student borrowers to deny them debt forgiveness after they were preyed upon by for-profit schools His nomination to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals is an embarrassment" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 7, 2019 Tweet - "Horace Mann once said: "Education--beyond all other devices of human origin--is the great equalizer' For education For the American dream We must pass the #FUTUREAct to renew critical funding for minority-serving institutions It can't wait in Sen. McConnell legislative graveyard!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 6, 2019 Tweet - "Senator McConnell: Why are you just letting the #FUTUREAct sit in your legislative graveyard? The bipartisan bill will renew critical funding for HBCUs and minority-serving institutions. It passed the House 50 days ago! It's time to vote. Now." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 4, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, Letter to the Hon. Charles Schumer, Minority Leader of the United States Senate - Senator Warren Joins Senate Colleagues in New Push to Renew Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Date Title Politician
Dec. 18, 2019 Schumer, Gillibrand Deliver For Upstate NY Teachers; Senators Reject Administration's Thoughtless Proposal To Totally Eliminate Teacher Recruitment Grant Program, Instead Fought To Increase Funding By $76 Million In Upcoming Spending Package Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Dec. 17, 2019 Adams Leads Effort to Investigate the Administration's Failure to Uphold Promise to HBCUs Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
Dec. 17, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mike Esper, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Defense - Warren, Brown, Adams, Colleagues Raise Concerns Over Inadequate DoD Science and Engineering Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other Minority Serving Institutions Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
Dec. 10, 2019 Tweet - "I'm so proud the Senate & House passed the FUTURE Act for HBCUs & Minority-Serving Institutions President Trump must sign it now so that Minority-Serving Institutions in New York across the country have the resources they need to continue serving our next generations of leaders" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 5, 2019 Tweet - "Today the Senate finally passed the #FUTUREact. It provides critical funding to HBCUs & other minority-serving institutions. These institutions are essential to making higher education accessible for ALL Americans. We should always make sure they have the support they need." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 4, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Thomas Modly, Acting Secretary of the Navy - Congressman Kildee, senator Durbin fight for Navy veteran to receive benefits denied by bureaucratic failures Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
Nov. 26, 2019 Suozzi meets with UJA-federation of New York; promotes the "Never Again Education Act" and speaks out against anti-semitism and hate speech Rep.Tom Suozzi
Nov. 25, 2019 Meng Introduces Legislation to Close the Nation's Homework Gap Rep.Grace Meng
Nov. 21, 2019 Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act Rep.Grace Meng
Nov. 20, 2019 Tweet - "Democrats attempted to restore expired funding for our HBCUs and other minority serving institutions in the continuing resolution to fund the government. Republicans keep blocking our attempts. But we remain committed to securing this funding any way we can." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 18, 2019 Letter to Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos - Committee Democrats Condemn Education Department Proposal to Eliminate Collection of Critical Civil Rights Data Rep.Joe Morelle, ...
Nov. 18, 2019 Letter to Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Democrats Slam Devos' Decision to Mask Education Inequalities by Halting Critical Elements of Civil Rights Data Collection Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Nov. 15, 2019 Tweet - "Steven Menashi helped design an illegal scheme to use private data of students swindled by for-profit colleges to deny them debt relief. How can anyone trust him to fairly uphold the law? He's among the worst nominees @SenateGOP has rubber-stamped." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 13, 2019 Tweet - "Mr. Menashi has a troubling record on race, women's equality, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights. He had a leading role in designing an illegal effort to deny debt relief to thousands of students swindled by for-profit colleges. His nomination to the federal bench is an insult." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 12, 2019 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 12, 2019 Letter to the Hon. James Owens, Acting Admin. of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Schumer reveals: Critical Fed report on school bus safety that studies new tech--like stop sign cams on a bus's side--sits parked in Fed bureaucracy; with +2.3m ny kids riding each day, senator demands Feds release report, implement any needed actions & create fund to help districts purchase cams that can protect LI kids Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 11, 2019 Tweet - "Steven Menashi played a leading role in designing an illegal effort to deny debt relief to thousands of students swindled by for-profit colleges That fact that President Trump is rewarding him with a lifetime appointment to the federal bench is appalling" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 10, 2019 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Hon. Christopher Wray, Dir. of the Federal Bureau of Investigations - Schumer reveals: Department of Justice is failing to implement law giving NYC & LI preschools & afterschool programs special access to FBI background checks to screen for sex offenders & other transgressors before hiring; protecting kids must be DOJ priority Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Nov. 8, 2019 Tweet - "Steven Menashi concocted a plan to illegally use the private Social Security data of defrauded student borrowers to deny them debt forgiveness after they were preyed upon by for-profit schools This is someone Pres. Trump wants us to make a federal judge?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 7, 2019 Tweet - "A judge is supposed to uphold and interpret the law, have a reverence for the law. Not someone who schemes to break it. Steven Menashi's nomination is an embarrassment and an insult to millions of hardworking Americans saddled by student debt." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 7, 2019 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 7, 2019 Tweet - "Let me repeat: Steven Menashi concocted a plan to illegally use the private Social Security data of defrauded student borrowers to deny them debt forgiveness after they were preyed upon by for-profit schools His nomination to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals is an embarrassment" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 7, 2019 Tweet - "Horace Mann once said: "Education--beyond all other devices of human origin--is the great equalizer' For education For the American dream We must pass the #FUTUREAct to renew critical funding for minority-serving institutions It can't wait in Sen. McConnell legislative graveyard!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 6, 2019 Tweet - "Senator McConnell: Why are you just letting the #FUTUREAct sit in your legislative graveyard? The bipartisan bill will renew critical funding for HBCUs and minority-serving institutions. It passed the House 50 days ago! It's time to vote. Now." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 4, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, Letter to the Hon. Charles Schumer, Minority Leader of the United States Senate - Senator Warren Joins Senate Colleagues in New Push to Renew Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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