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June 3, 2020 Tweet - "I took to the floor earlier today with Senators Cardin & Shaheen to demand we pass the House bill to make urgent reform to PPP so it works better for all small biz--including truly small & minority-owned biz Senate GOP blocked it the 1st time But we kept fighting & now it passed" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 2, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Democratic Leader, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Republican Leader - Heinrich, Tonko Lead Bicameral Call For Inclusion Of Clean Energy Workforce Support In COVID-19 Economic Recovery Packages Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
May 29, 2020 Tweet - "We will not stop fighting for the Senate GOP to focus on helping the country now; for the House bill that reforms & extends PPP; for the jobs of teachers, firefighters, police officers, bus drivers, and more; for Americans who need to pay their rent; for testing; and so much more" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 29, 2020 Tweet - "100 thousand Americans dead. 40 million people newly unemployed. 0 competence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The #HeroesAct is desperately needed. FACTS." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
May 28, 2020 Tweet - "Dems have been fighting to ensure PPP funds reach truly small & minority-owned biz Major step forward--Sec Mnuchin's heeding our call to set aside $10B funding for lending by Community Development Financial Institutions Now we urge him to include Minority Depository Institutions" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 28, 2020 Tweet - "Thank you to all of the members of the National Guard protecting communities in New York and around the country in this crisis. President Trump should never have left these frontline workers in limbo about the benefits they deserve. This decision is long overdue." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 27, 2020 Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Protect U.S. Food Supply Amid COVID-19 Crisis Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 26, 2020 Tweet - "Did President Trump's executive order forcing these meatpacking facilities to open hurt their workers?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 26, 2020 Tweet - "Why does Senator McConnell think that major corporations should be exempt from liability when they force their workers to come back and they get sick?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 26, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin. of the Small Business Administration - Schumer, Velázquez, Meng, Engel, other lawmakers seek PPP eligibility for housing co-ops Rep. Tom Suozzi, ...
May 23, 2020 Tweet - "To the SBA: In the CARES Act, the PPP program ensured nonprofits that meet the qualifications would be eligible for help. You need to stop the ideologically-driven action against Planned Parenthood's local health centers to score political points for the Trump admin." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 21, 2020 Gillibrand Cosponsors Legislation To Establish Victim Compensation Fund For Essential Workers Affected By COVID-19 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 20, 2020 Menendez, Colleagues Blast JetBlue, Delta for Accepting Federal CARES Act Bailout Funds and Then Cutting Employees' Hours, Paychecks Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 19, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader and the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader - Booker, Warren, Colleagues Urge Protections for Property Service Workers in Next Coronavirus Relief Bill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 19, 2020 Tweet - "Thousands of service members are currently fighting to keep their communities safe in this crisis But President Trump is stopping short National Guard deployments to purposefully deny these frontline workers the benefits they deserve That is unacceptable" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 18, 2020 Duckworth, Blumenthal, Markey, Gillibrand Introduce Legislation to Create COVID-19 Victim Compensation Fund for Essential Workers Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 16, 2020 Tweet - "The #HeroesAct that the House passed provides urgent and necessary help for Americans across the country fighting this health and economic crisis. To Senator McConnell and the Republicans: Americans can't wait. We need to act NOW." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2020 Tweet - "I will not stop fighting for our frontline workers just like they're fighting for us I've been fighting for essential workers to get premium pay from a Heroes Fund And I'm proud $200B for this in the @HouseDemocrats ' bill Sen. McConnell--We must act NOW" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2020 Tweet - "The #HeroesAct that the House just passed provides urgent and necessary help for Americans across the country fighting this health and economic crisis. Senator McConnell: We need to act NOW. Americans can't afford to wait." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2020 Tweet - "Unacceptable. How is it possible that the SBA has provided aid to so few of the small businesses who have applied for PPP & Economic Injury Disaster Loans? Their mismanagement of these programs is hurting small biz. We need the SBA Administrator to come before the Senate ASAP." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2020 Velázquez on Heroes Act Rep. Nydia Velázquez
May 14, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader and to the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader - Gillibrand Leads Group Of Senators To Call For Support For Postal Employees, Including 100,000 Veterans Employed By USPS Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 14, 2020 Gillibrand Urges Congress To Support Vulnerable Renters And Homeless Americans In Next Coronavirus Relief Package Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 14, 2020 Fast Company - ICYMI: Gillibrand Fast Company Op-Ed: The American Workplace Was Already Broken. This Is How We Rebuild It. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 14, 2020 Tweet - "Governors spanning the country--Republican and Democrat--are calling for federal support so they aren't forced to lay off teachers, police officers, firefighters, and more. Senator McConnell: We need to act NOW to help our state and local governments." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 14, 2020 Letter to John Mackey, CEO Of Whole Foods - Schatz, Senators Urge Whole Foods To Stop Suppressing Unions And Intimidating Workers, Respect Right To Organize Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 14, 2020 Reps. Nadler, Maloney, King and Sen. Duckworth Unveil Legislation to Create Compensation Fund for Essential Workers Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
May 13, 2020 Tweet - "New Yorkers are stepping up to help each other in this crisis And I was proud to tell one of those stories in the Senate today: This mask is made by Hickey Freeman in Rochester, NY by American labor, union labor A clothing-maker, they started making masks for a local hospital" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 13, 2020 Tweet - "Sen. McConnell called the House Dems' new Heroes Act "aspirational" It's not "aspirational" when it's a health crisis It's not "aspirational" when a family can't feed kids It's not "aspirational" when people are worried about losing a home It's about urgent & necessary relief" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 13, 2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and Kevin McCarthy - Duckworth and Colleagues Call for Creation of New Fund to Support Essential Frontline Workers Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 12, 2020 Tweet - "A few weeks ago, Senate Democrats proposed a Heroes Fund for our essential workers. And the House bill does just that: It provides $200 billion for premium pay for our essential workers on the frontlines of COVID-19." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 8, 2020 Gillibrand Calls For Increased Funding To Support Neighborhood And Minority Owned Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 8, 2020 Gillibrand Calls For Increased Funding To Support Neighborhood And Minority Owned Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 8, 2020 Letter to Bruce Caswell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Maximus Inc. - Booker Leads Colleagues in Pressing Federal Government's Largest Call Center Contractor on Workplace Safety Efforts During Coronavirus Pandemic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 8, 2020 In Letter to Mnuchin, Cantwell, Brown, Schumer Slam Airlines for Reducing Employee Payrolls, Urge Treasury Department to Issue New Guidance Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 8, 2020 Meng Calls for All Frontline Workers to be Eligible for Hazard Pay During Coronavirus Pandemic Rep. Grace Meng
May 7, 2020 Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader McConnell, and Leader Schumer - Torres Small and Cunningham Lead Bipartisan Effort to Give Businesses More Flexibility to Spend PPP Funds Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
May 7, 2020 Tweet - "We're fighting for essential workers in New York and across America. They are on the frontlines of this crisis. And they deserve premium pay from a Heroes Fund, paid leave, and protections to keep them safe." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 6, 2020 Letter to Jeff Bezos, President, CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. - Warren, Sanders, Booker, Brown & Colleagues Call for More Information from Jeff Bezos on Amazon's Firing of Whistleblowers Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 6, 2020 Tweet - "This #NationalNursesDay: I couldn't be prouder of all of our nurses in New York and across the country fighting so hard in this crisis like everyone in the @GNYCBNA . We're fighting to make sure they get premium pay from a "Heroes Fund."" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2020 Gillibrand Introduces Legislation To Create Direct Supply Chain Between Farms And Food Banks Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 5, 2020 Price, Matsui, Houlahan, Bera, and Schrier Lead Effort to Bolster Public Health with National Service Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
May 5, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Russell Vought, Acting Dir. of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Hon. Michael Rigas, Acting Dir. of the Office of Personnel Management - Wyden Calls for Hazard Pay, Increased Safety Measures for Federal Employees and Contractors Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 5, 2020 Tweet - "BREAKING: I just took to the Senate floor with @SenatorCardin & @SenatorShaheen to demand we pass a bill to provide additional much-needed transparency & oversight of how programs for small businesses like PPP and EIDL are working and who is benefitting But @SenateGOP blocked it" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin, of the Small Business Administration - Lankford Asks Treasury, SBA to Adjust PPP Loan Forgiveness to Help Oklahoma Restaurants, Other Small Businesses Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 4, 2020 Tweet - "Essential workers are working longer shifts at great personal risk. These Americans are the true heroes of this pandemic, and we need to make sure they are taken care of. They deserve premium pay from a Heroes Fund." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2020 Tweet - "Americans deserve to immediately hear from top Trump admin officials on why we don't have enough tests, why small biz's are having trouble accessing SBA help, why unemployment insurance checks are failing to get to workers, how to protect frontline workers with needed equipment." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 30, 2020 Tweet - "We will keep fighting to ensure communities of color have access to quality, affordable health coverage equitable access to testing a Heroes Fund to provide frontline workers with premium pay and protections that minority-owned businesses aren't shut out of PPP and more." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 29, 2020 Letter to Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor - Baldwin, Murray, Heinrich, Democrats to Scalia: Do Your Job and Protect Workers Before Reopening the Economy Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 29, 2020 Tweet - "House Dems are fighting to lift up essential workers and everyday Americans. McConnell wants blanket immunity so multinational corporations can violate the law without consequence. Get. Lost." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Date Title Politician
June 3, 2020 Tweet - "I took to the floor earlier today with Senators Cardin & Shaheen to demand we pass the House bill to make urgent reform to PPP so it works better for all small biz--including truly small & minority-owned biz Senate GOP blocked it the 1st time But we kept fighting & now it passed" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 2, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Democratic Leader, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Republican Leader - Heinrich, Tonko Lead Bicameral Call For Inclusion Of Clean Energy Workforce Support In COVID-19 Economic Recovery Packages Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
May 29, 2020 Tweet - "We will not stop fighting for the Senate GOP to focus on helping the country now; for the House bill that reforms & extends PPP; for the jobs of teachers, firefighters, police officers, bus drivers, and more; for Americans who need to pay their rent; for testing; and so much more" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 29, 2020 Tweet - "100 thousand Americans dead. 40 million people newly unemployed. 0 competence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The #HeroesAct is desperately needed. FACTS." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
May 28, 2020 Tweet - "Dems have been fighting to ensure PPP funds reach truly small & minority-owned biz Major step forward--Sec Mnuchin's heeding our call to set aside $10B funding for lending by Community Development Financial Institutions Now we urge him to include Minority Depository Institutions" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 28, 2020 Tweet - "Thank you to all of the members of the National Guard protecting communities in New York and around the country in this crisis. President Trump should never have left these frontline workers in limbo about the benefits they deserve. This decision is long overdue." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 27, 2020 Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Protect U.S. Food Supply Amid COVID-19 Crisis Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 26, 2020 Tweet - "Did President Trump's executive order forcing these meatpacking facilities to open hurt their workers?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 26, 2020 Tweet - "Why does Senator McConnell think that major corporations should be exempt from liability when they force their workers to come back and they get sick?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 26, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin. of the Small Business Administration - Schumer, Velázquez, Meng, Engel, other lawmakers seek PPP eligibility for housing co-ops Rep.Tom Suozzi, ...
May 23, 2020 Tweet - "To the SBA: In the CARES Act, the PPP program ensured nonprofits that meet the qualifications would be eligible for help. You need to stop the ideologically-driven action against Planned Parenthood's local health centers to score political points for the Trump admin." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 21, 2020 Gillibrand Cosponsors Legislation To Establish Victim Compensation Fund For Essential Workers Affected By COVID-19 Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 20, 2020 Menendez, Colleagues Blast JetBlue, Delta for Accepting Federal CARES Act Bailout Funds and Then Cutting Employees' Hours, Paychecks Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 19, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader and the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader - Booker, Warren, Colleagues Urge Protections for Property Service Workers in Next Coronavirus Relief Bill Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 19, 2020 Tweet - "Thousands of service members are currently fighting to keep their communities safe in this crisis But President Trump is stopping short National Guard deployments to purposefully deny these frontline workers the benefits they deserve That is unacceptable" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 18, 2020 Duckworth, Blumenthal, Markey, Gillibrand Introduce Legislation to Create COVID-19 Victim Compensation Fund for Essential Workers Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 16, 2020 Tweet - "The #HeroesAct that the House passed provides urgent and necessary help for Americans across the country fighting this health and economic crisis. To Senator McConnell and the Republicans: Americans can't wait. We need to act NOW." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2020 Tweet - "I will not stop fighting for our frontline workers just like they're fighting for us I've been fighting for essential workers to get premium pay from a Heroes Fund And I'm proud $200B for this in the @HouseDemocrats ' bill Sen. McConnell--We must act NOW" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2020 Tweet - "The #HeroesAct that the House just passed provides urgent and necessary help for Americans across the country fighting this health and economic crisis. Senator McConnell: We need to act NOW. Americans can't afford to wait." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2020 Tweet - "Unacceptable. How is it possible that the SBA has provided aid to so few of the small businesses who have applied for PPP & Economic Injury Disaster Loans? Their mismanagement of these programs is hurting small biz. We need the SBA Administrator to come before the Senate ASAP." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2020 Velázquez on Heroes Act Rep.Nydia Velázquez
May 14, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader and to the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader - Gillibrand Leads Group Of Senators To Call For Support For Postal Employees, Including 100,000 Veterans Employed By USPS Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 14, 2020 Gillibrand Urges Congress To Support Vulnerable Renters And Homeless Americans In Next Coronavirus Relief Package Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 14, 2020 Fast Company - ICYMI: Gillibrand Fast Company Op-Ed: The American Workplace Was Already Broken. This Is How We Rebuild It. Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 14, 2020 Tweet - "Governors spanning the country--Republican and Democrat--are calling for federal support so they aren't forced to lay off teachers, police officers, firefighters, and more. Senator McConnell: We need to act NOW to help our state and local governments." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 14, 2020 Letter to John Mackey, CEO Of Whole Foods - Schatz, Senators Urge Whole Foods To Stop Suppressing Unions And Intimidating Workers, Respect Right To Organize Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 14, 2020 Reps. Nadler, Maloney, King and Sen. Duckworth Unveil Legislation to Create Compensation Fund for Essential Workers Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
May 13, 2020 Tweet - "New Yorkers are stepping up to help each other in this crisis And I was proud to tell one of those stories in the Senate today: This mask is made by Hickey Freeman in Rochester, NY by American labor, union labor A clothing-maker, they started making masks for a local hospital" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 13, 2020 Tweet - "Sen. McConnell called the House Dems' new Heroes Act "aspirational" It's not "aspirational" when it's a health crisis It's not "aspirational" when a family can't feed kids It's not "aspirational" when people are worried about losing a home It's about urgent & necessary relief" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 13, 2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and Kevin McCarthy - Duckworth and Colleagues Call for Creation of New Fund to Support Essential Frontline Workers Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 12, 2020 Tweet - "A few weeks ago, Senate Democrats proposed a Heroes Fund for our essential workers. And the House bill does just that: It provides $200 billion for premium pay for our essential workers on the frontlines of COVID-19." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 8, 2020 Gillibrand Calls For Increased Funding To Support Neighborhood And Minority Owned Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 8, 2020 Gillibrand Calls For Increased Funding To Support Neighborhood And Minority Owned Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 8, 2020 Letter to Bruce Caswell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Maximus Inc. - Booker Leads Colleagues in Pressing Federal Government's Largest Call Center Contractor on Workplace Safety Efforts During Coronavirus Pandemic Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 8, 2020 In Letter to Mnuchin, Cantwell, Brown, Schumer Slam Airlines for Reducing Employee Payrolls, Urge Treasury Department to Issue New Guidance Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 8, 2020 Meng Calls for All Frontline Workers to be Eligible for Hazard Pay During Coronavirus Pandemic Rep.Grace Meng
May 7, 2020 Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader McConnell, and Leader Schumer - Torres Small and Cunningham Lead Bipartisan Effort to Give Businesses More Flexibility to Spend PPP Funds Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
May 7, 2020 Tweet - "We're fighting for essential workers in New York and across America. They are on the frontlines of this crisis. And they deserve premium pay from a Heroes Fund, paid leave, and protections to keep them safe." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 6, 2020 Letter to Jeff Bezos, President, CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. - Warren, Sanders, Booker, Brown & Colleagues Call for More Information from Jeff Bezos on Amazon's Firing of Whistleblowers Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 6, 2020 Tweet - "This #NationalNursesDay: I couldn't be prouder of all of our nurses in New York and across the country fighting so hard in this crisis like everyone in the @GNYCBNA . We're fighting to make sure they get premium pay from a "Heroes Fund."" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2020 Gillibrand Introduces Legislation To Create Direct Supply Chain Between Farms And Food Banks Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 5, 2020 Price, Matsui, Houlahan, Bera, and Schrier Lead Effort to Bolster Public Health with National Service Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
May 5, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Russell Vought, Acting Dir. of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Hon. Michael Rigas, Acting Dir. of the Office of Personnel Management - Wyden Calls for Hazard Pay, Increased Safety Measures for Federal Employees and Contractors Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 5, 2020 Tweet - "BREAKING: I just took to the Senate floor with @SenatorCardin & @SenatorShaheen to demand we pass a bill to provide additional much-needed transparency & oversight of how programs for small businesses like PPP and EIDL are working and who is benefitting But @SenateGOP blocked it" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin, of the Small Business Administration - Lankford Asks Treasury, SBA to Adjust PPP Loan Forgiveness to Help Oklahoma Restaurants, Other Small Businesses Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 4, 2020 Tweet - "Essential workers are working longer shifts at great personal risk. These Americans are the true heroes of this pandemic, and we need to make sure they are taken care of. They deserve premium pay from a Heroes Fund." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2020 Tweet - "Americans deserve to immediately hear from top Trump admin officials on why we don't have enough tests, why small biz's are having trouble accessing SBA help, why unemployment insurance checks are failing to get to workers, how to protect frontline workers with needed equipment." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 30, 2020 Tweet - "We will keep fighting to ensure communities of color have access to quality, affordable health coverage equitable access to testing a Heroes Fund to provide frontline workers with premium pay and protections that minority-owned businesses aren't shut out of PPP and more." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 29, 2020 Letter to Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor - Baldwin, Murray, Heinrich, Democrats to Scalia: Do Your Job and Protect Workers Before Reopening the Economy Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 29, 2020 Tweet - "House Dems are fighting to lift up essential workers and everyday Americans. McConnell wants blanket immunity so multinational corporations can violate the law without consequence. Get. Lost." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
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