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April 15, 2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Baldwin Leads Call for Emergency OSHA Standard to Protect Essential Workers in COVID-19 Response Legislation Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "We need to have testing kits across America so that we can beat this pandemic. We need to track results in real-time to quickly spot flare-ups. We need a dedicated, domestic supply chain to produce millions of tests and ensure they are readily available in every community." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "Democrats are presenting an ACCURATE picture of the challenges our country is facing with testing--not issuing false and misleading claims like President Trump This isn't the Chinese Communist Party. This is America. We need our government to be truthful." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Durbin, Senators Press President Trump To Automatically Extend Work Authorizations For DACA & TPS Recipients Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "We have testing shortages in communities in New York and nationwide. There's a shortage of essential supplies. And too often this shortage is even more severe in communities of color. Democrats are fighting for a national plan to increase testing and make it broadly available." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "A Jackie Robinson Day without baseball might feel wrong. But if a "life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives" then Jackie's great example is all around us in our heroic doctors, nurses, medical workers, and all frontline workers. Today, we cheer for them." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "On March 6, Pres. Trump said: "Anybody that needs a test gets a test." He was wrong. A month later, our testing capability is still woefully inadequate to know where the virus is spreading--much less stop it or reopen our economy. We must ramp up testing NOW on a broader scale." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Senate Democratic Leaders Offer Roadmap to Dramatically Expand Testing Capacity Nationwide Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
April 15, 2020 Letter to Dr. Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Schumer reveals: As coronavirus continues to spread throughout the country, including food production facilities and the food & grocery industries, Feds roll back food safety guidelines & inspectors; senator calls on FDA to immediately clarify oversight & inspection standards to restore New Yorkers' faith in food safety Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "BREAKING: Democrats are laying out our $30 billion plan for a comprehensive national testing strategy and major new investments that bolster the supply and manufacturing chain, and significantly expand free testing for all, reporting, and contact tracing." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "While the administration's testing regime is at best incomplete and at worst a shambles: President Trump is busy attacking the World Health Organization and everyone else under the sun. The country needs leadership now." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "Our state and local governments need help immediately. Too many are facing choices like budget cuts and layoffs due to coronavirus. Democrats will not stop fighting to make sure they get the help they need fast." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 14, 2020 NJ Members Gottheimer and Smith -- NY Members Suozzi, King, Jeffries, and Reed -- Lead Unanimous Bipartisan Delegations Demanding More Federal Aid for States Hit Hardest by COVID-19 After Local Hospitals Get Short-Changed Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Inhofe Joins Bicameral Group Pressing FDA to Enforce Medication Abortion Restrictions During COVID-19 Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
April 14, 2020 Chairman Nadler, Reps. Rose & Pascrell Introduce Legislation to Compensate Public Safety Officers Who Are Disabled or Die from COVID-19 Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Dept. of the Interior - Congressman Lowenthal, 70 Colleagues, Urge Interior Dept To Pause All Public Comment Period Deadlines During National Emergency Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Dir. of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - House & Senate Judiciary Lawmakers Seek Information on USPTO Operations Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; Minority Leader Charles Schumer; Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Sen. Coons, colleagues call for boosted Lifeline assistance funding to keep Americans connected Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Kenneth Cuccinelli, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Dir. for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Durbin, Duckworth, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Administration To Increase Number Of Doctors Available To Fight COVID-19 Pandemic Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Baldwin, Murray, Colleagues Press President Trump For Answers on Mismanagement of the Strategic National Stockpile Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 14, 2020 Tweet - "To President Trump: You need to get coronavirus testing under control. Now. Immediately. Democrats fought for free coronavirus testing. And we won't stop fighting to ensure that Americans are getting tested so we can beat this pandemic." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 14, 2020 Tweet - "I'm standing near Elmhurst Hospital in Queens with @RepAOC Elmhurst is on the frontlines The toll here is heartbreaking--with families paying the ultimate price FEMA must approve our request for help for NY families faced with overwhelming funeral/burial costs they can't afford" Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 14, 2020 Tweet - "To @SecAzar : We passed $100 billion for our healthcare system for relief for the hardest hit. These funds must go to the hardest-hit frontline hospitals and healthcare providers NOW. It's meant to ensure highest-need areas have vital resources--not be used as a political tool." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 14, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump: You must make sure testing kits are available across America IMMEDIATELY so that we can beat this pandemic and help those affected." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 14, 2020 Schumer, Gillibrand announce over $411 million in emergency federal funding for New York airports as part of CARES Act Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Date Title Politician
April 15, 2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Baldwin Leads Call for Emergency OSHA Standard to Protect Essential Workers in COVID-19 Response Legislation Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "We need to have testing kits across America so that we can beat this pandemic. We need to track results in real-time to quickly spot flare-ups. We need a dedicated, domestic supply chain to produce millions of tests and ensure they are readily available in every community." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "Democrats are presenting an ACCURATE picture of the challenges our country is facing with testing--not issuing false and misleading claims like President Trump This isn't the Chinese Communist Party. This is America. We need our government to be truthful." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Durbin, Senators Press President Trump To Automatically Extend Work Authorizations For DACA & TPS Recipients Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "We have testing shortages in communities in New York and nationwide. There's a shortage of essential supplies. And too often this shortage is even more severe in communities of color. Democrats are fighting for a national plan to increase testing and make it broadly available." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "A Jackie Robinson Day without baseball might feel wrong. But if a "life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives" then Jackie's great example is all around us in our heroic doctors, nurses, medical workers, and all frontline workers. Today, we cheer for them." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "On March 6, Pres. Trump said: "Anybody that needs a test gets a test." He was wrong. A month later, our testing capability is still woefully inadequate to know where the virus is spreading--much less stop it or reopen our economy. We must ramp up testing NOW on a broader scale." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Senate Democratic Leaders Offer Roadmap to Dramatically Expand Testing Capacity Nationwide Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
April 15, 2020 Letter to Dr. Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Schumer reveals: As coronavirus continues to spread throughout the country, including food production facilities and the food & grocery industries, Feds roll back food safety guidelines & inspectors; senator calls on FDA to immediately clarify oversight & inspection standards to restore New Yorkers' faith in food safety Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "BREAKING: Democrats are laying out our $30 billion plan for a comprehensive national testing strategy and major new investments that bolster the supply and manufacturing chain, and significantly expand free testing for all, reporting, and contact tracing." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "While the administration's testing regime is at best incomplete and at worst a shambles: President Trump is busy attacking the World Health Organization and everyone else under the sun. The country needs leadership now." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 15, 2020 Tweet - "Our state and local governments need help immediately. Too many are facing choices like budget cuts and layoffs due to coronavirus. Democrats will not stop fighting to make sure they get the help they need fast." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 14, 2020 NJ Members Gottheimer and Smith -- NY Members Suozzi, King, Jeffries, and Reed -- Lead Unanimous Bipartisan Delegations Demanding More Federal Aid for States Hit Hardest by COVID-19 After Local Hospitals Get Short-Changed Rep.Hakeem Jeffries, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Inhofe Joins Bicameral Group Pressing FDA to Enforce Medication Abortion Restrictions During COVID-19 Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
April 14, 2020 Chairman Nadler, Reps. Rose & Pascrell Introduce Legislation to Compensate Public Safety Officers Who Are Disabled or Die from COVID-19 Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Dept. of the Interior - Congressman Lowenthal, 70 Colleagues, Urge Interior Dept To Pause All Public Comment Period Deadlines During National Emergency Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Dir. of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - House & Senate Judiciary Lawmakers Seek Information on USPTO Operations Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; Minority Leader Charles Schumer; Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Sen. Coons, colleagues call for boosted Lifeline assistance funding to keep Americans connected Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Kenneth Cuccinelli, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Dir. for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Durbin, Duckworth, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Administration To Increase Number Of Doctors Available To Fight COVID-19 Pandemic Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
April 14, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Baldwin, Murray, Colleagues Press President Trump For Answers on Mismanagement of the Strategic National Stockpile Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 14, 2020 Tweet - "To President Trump: You need to get coronavirus testing under control. Now. Immediately. Democrats fought for free coronavirus testing. And we won't stop fighting to ensure that Americans are getting tested so we can beat this pandemic." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 14, 2020 Tweet - "I'm standing near Elmhurst Hospital in Queens with @RepAOC Elmhurst is on the frontlines The toll here is heartbreaking--with families paying the ultimate price FEMA must approve our request for help for NY families faced with overwhelming funeral/burial costs they can't afford" Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 14, 2020 Tweet - "To @SecAzar : We passed $100 billion for our healthcare system for relief for the hardest hit. These funds must go to the hardest-hit frontline hospitals and healthcare providers NOW. It's meant to ensure highest-need areas have vital resources--not be used as a political tool." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 14, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump: You must make sure testing kits are available across America IMMEDIATELY so that we can beat this pandemic and help those affected." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 14, 2020 Schumer, Gillibrand announce over $411 million in emergency federal funding for New York airports as part of CARES Act Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
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