| July 10, 2015
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Meng Issues Statement on New Video Showing Train-Truck Crash in Maspeth, Queens
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Rep. Grace Meng
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| July 7, 2015
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Schumer Launches Three-Pronged Effort To Make Roads Safer For residents In Westchester & Rockland County' Will Call On Feds To Analyze Dangerous Roads And Intersections, Make Safety Recommendations & Then Implement Them To Help Prevent Future Accidents
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 6, 2015
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Schumer: Tonawanda Creek Road Has Been Closed For Months, After Completely Collapsing Due To Erosion & Lack of Fed Funding To Maintain Roads; Closure Causing Major Inconvenience For Local Residents And Forcing Cars & First Responders To Divert To Different Roads; Senator Calls For Immediate Passage Of Federal Highway Bill To Help Pay For Local Needs, Like Urgent Erie County Road Projects
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 29, 2015
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Schumer, Goldfeder, Richards Urge US Coast Guard & MTA To Consider Extending Right-Of-Way Peak Hours For Trains Along Rockaway's Channel Rail Bridge; Would Help Prevent Delays Along 'A' Train By Limiting Bridge Lift Times That Often Disrupt Rush Hour Commutes For Passengers
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 26, 2015
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Schumer: Federal Aviation Administration Should Stay Out Of Aircraft Noise Lawsuit Between Town Of East Hampton & Aviation Industry
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 25, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $760k In Fed Funding For Syracuse Hancock International Airport In Onondaga County
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 25, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $315k In Fed Funding For Westchester County Airport
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 25, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $760K in Fed Funding For Syracuse Hancock International Airport in Onondaga County
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| June 25, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $315K In Fed Funding For Westchester County Airport
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| June 24, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand & Tonko Announce Over $554,000 In Federal Funding For Albany International Airport
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 24, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand & Tonko Announce Over $554,000 in Federal Funding for Albany International Airport
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| June 19, 2015
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Tonko Announces Federal Funding for Albany International
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Rep. Paul Tonko
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| June 17, 2015
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Schumer Announces, Three Days After His Push, Int'l Air Transport Association Grounds Proposal To Shrink Carry-on Bag Size For Travelers; IATA Plans To Suspend & Reassess New Luggage Policy
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 16, 2015
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Letter to CEOs of Ten Major Airlines - Shrinking Size of Carry-on Bags
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| June 15, 2015
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Schumer Tours Site Of Rail-Grade Crossings Gates & Signals As Federal Inspectors Assess Their Safet, Senator Also Announces New Push For Rail Crossing Legislation To Supplement Final Phases Of Current Investigation
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 15, 2015
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Schumer Demands Airlines Ground Their Plan To Reduce The Size Of Allowable, Carry-On Luggage; New Proposal Would Force Air Travelers To Pay More In Fees Or Spend Hundreds On New Luggage; Proposal Must Be Sent Packing Before It's Too Late
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 12, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $151,000 In Federal Funding For Adirondack Regional Airport
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 12, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $151,000 In Federal Funding For Adirondack Regional Airport
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| June 12, 2015
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Schumer Urges Feds To Green Light Amtrak To Buy New, Safer, More Modern Acela Trains, That Could Help Companies Across The Country, Including Alstrom In Hornell; New 43 Billion Train Project Could Jump Start Local Manufacturing & Create Hundreds Of Good Paying, Middle-Class Jobs
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 12, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $585,000 In Federal Funding For Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 12, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $585,000 In Federal Funding For Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| June 10, 2015
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Queens Courier - Congresswoman Meng Pushes for EPA Action on Airplane Noise
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Rep. Grace Meng
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| June 9, 2015
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Schumer Announces FRA Has Heeded Call, Will Push Railroads To Install & Implement Critical Safety System Along Rail Routes Throughout Upstate New York; Lessons From Philadelphia Derailment Will Be Applied In New York
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 9, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.2 Million In Federal Funding For Josephy Y. Resnick Airport
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 9, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.2 Million In Federal Funding For Joseph Y. Resnick Airport
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| June 8, 2015
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Letter to Michael Huerta, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration - Funding the Runaway Expansion Request for Ogdensburg Airport
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
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| June 8, 2015
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Gillibrand Urges FAA To Fund Ogdensburg Airport Expansion, Bring In Lower Cost Flights
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
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| June 8, 2015
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Congresswoman Stefanik Urges FAA Approval of Important Funds for Ogdensburg International Airport
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Rep. Elise Stefanik
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| June 5, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $234,000 In Federal Funding For Westchester County Airport
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| June 5, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $720,000 In Federal Funding For Syracuse Hancock International Airport
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| June 4, 2015
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Schumer Calls For An Immediate Federal Railroad Administration Investigation, In Light Of Recent Reports Of Malfunctioning Rail Grade Crossing Gates & Signals Throughout Rochester Area -- Multiple Reports Of Gates Failing To Function As Designed, Causing Drivers To Disregard Crossings & Put Lives In Danger
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 4, 2015
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Schumer: Federal Railroad Administration Has Heeded Call & Agreed To Investigate Reports Of Malfunctioning Rail-Grade Crossing Gates & Signals Throughout Rochester Area -- Following Monday's Deadly Crash, Schumer Urged Feds To Look At Multiple Reports Of Gates Failing To Function As Designed, Causing Drivers To Disregard Crossings & Put Lives In Danger
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 2, 2015
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Congressman Nadler Statement on Highway Trust Fund Extension
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
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| June 2, 2015
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Congressman Nadler Statement on Protecting Public Health and Safety with Sunshine in Litigation Act
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
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| June 2, 2015
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Schumer: In Light Of Disturbing TSA Failure To Detect Explosives & Weapons At Airports Across The Country, Senator Calls For Top-To-Bottom Review Of Employee Training & Equipment Testing By DHS Inspector General; Continuation Of 'Red Team' Tests At All Major Airports
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 2, 2015
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Schumer Announces Feds Have Agreed To Meet & Work With Locals And NYS Dept Of Transportation To Audit And Evaluate Site Of Deadly Ithaca Commons Truck Crash; Effort Could Help Pave The Way For Fed Funding To Improve Safety At The Intersection To Help Prevent Accidents Like Last Summer's From Happening
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 2, 2015
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With More than One-In-Three New York Bridges in Need of Repair, Gillibrand Announces New Measure to Give States the Authority to Use More Federal Funds on Local Bridge Improvement Projects
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
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| June 1, 2015
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Schumer: In Wake Of Most Recent, Dangerous Green-Laser Attack On Five Pilots Flying Out Of And To New York, Senator Renews Push For FDA To Ban The Sale Of The Most High-Powered, Long-Range Green Laser Pointers; Evil-Doers & Pranksters Purposely Use Green Lasers To Harass Pilots, But Serious Consequences Include Blindness & Disorientation While Flying Plane Full Of Passengers In The Air
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 1, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Secure Key Committee Approval of More Than Seven Million to the 107th Air Wing
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
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| May 28, 2015
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Rep. Jeffries Statement on the Importance of Ride-Sharing Services in New York City
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
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| May 21, 2015
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Letter to Susan Collins, Chairman, and Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Increasing Funding for Positive Train Control
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| May 20, 2015
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Transportation Infrastructure
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
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| May 19, 2015
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Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
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| May 15, 2015
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Schumer, Blumenthal Launch Major Campaign To Get Congress To Pass Four Point Rail Safety Plan in 2015; Dramatic Uptick in Rail Deaths This Year & This Week's Tragic Derailment Gives Optimism That Congress Can Finally Act; Railroads Must Create Culture of Safety
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| May 14, 2015
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IRS Bureaucracy Reduction and Judicial Review Act
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| May 14, 2015
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Schumer Announces TSA Pre-Check Enrollment Center Is Coming to Syracuse Hancock International Airport; Currently, Local Residents Who Want To Enroll Must Travel To Oswego - New Enrollment Center Will Mean Shorter, More Convenient Security Lines For Travelers
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| May 14, 2015
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Roll Call - Schumer Rebuts Boehner, Ties Amtrak Funding to Crash
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| May 13, 2015
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Congressman Nadler Statement on Derailment of New York City-bound Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
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| May 13, 2015
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Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State, and Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation - Foreign Airline Subsidies
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Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
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| May 13, 2015
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Blumenthal, Schumer Statement on Amtrak Derailment
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| May 13, 2015
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U.S. Rep Gregory W. Meeks Statement on the Death of Midshipman Justin Zemser
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Rep. Gregory Meeks
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| May 13, 2015
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Schumer, Blumenthal: Safety Must Come First; We Have To Examine Rail Safety Across The Country
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| May 13, 2015
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As Infrastructure Week Begins, Tonko Calls on House to Avert Shutdown of Highway Trust Fund
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Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
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| May 11, 2015
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Schumer Reveals: Amtrak Police Are Not Able To Directly Communicate With Other First Responders -- Could Create Huge Disaster Where Police On Trains & In Penn Station Are Not Able To Efficiently Reach Local Police & Fire Departments -- Reminiscent of 9/11; Schumer Pushes Feds To Grant Amtrak Full Access To NYC First-Responder Radio Line
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| May 7, 2015
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Schumer: House Slashes Funding For Critical TIGER Grant Program That Would Make It Nearly Impossible For NY Communities To Access Vital Infrastructure Grants - Urges Restoration of Funding To Key Program
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| May 7, 2015
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Letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan, United States Postal Service - U.S. Postal Service Must Invest in Modern and Efficient Delivery Fleet
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Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
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| May 5, 2015
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Schumer: Local Residents Irked And Frustrated When Trains Idle For hours Outside Their Homes, Polluting The Air & Spewing Noxious Fumes Into Homes; Senator Says Norfolk Southern Made The Right Call By Creating A Direct Line For Locals To Report Complaints
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| May 4, 2015
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Schumer Announces Legislation To Fix Major Shortcomings Of Recent Promulgated Fed Rule On Oil-By-Rail; Current Rule Takes 8 Years To Fully Phase Out Dangerous Oil Cars & Leaves Out Capital Region From Major Speed Protections; New Legislation To Fix These & Other Shortcomings
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| May 1, 2015
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Boxer, Schumer, McCaskill Re-Introduce 'Safe Rental Car Act' to Keep Rental Cars Under Safety Recall Off the Roads
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| May 1, 2015
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Schumer, Boxer, McCaskill Re-Introduce Safe Rental Car Act To Keep Rental Cars Under Recall Off The Roads And Ban Rental Car Companies From Renting Or Selling Recalled Vehicles
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| May 1, 2015
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Tonko Releases Statement on Oil Train Safety Announcement
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Rep. Paul Tonko
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| April 30, 2015
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Letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Airplane Noise
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Rep. Grace Meng
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| April 30, 2015
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Schumer Introduces Legislation To Incentivize Rail Companies To Phase Out Dangerous Crude Oil-Carrying Tanker Cars Sooner Rather Than Later -- Bill Would Place A Fee on Old & Dangerous Rail Cars Carrying Volatile Crude, And Give Financial Incentive To Those Who Phase Out Within 3 Years
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 30, 2015
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Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State, Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation - U.S. Open Skies Policy
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Rep. Grace Meng, ...
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| April 30, 2015
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Wyden, Schumer, Feinstein, Casey, Merkley, Brown, Warner Introduce Bill to Protect Communities from Oil Train Accidents
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 28, 2015
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Letter to Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Committee on Finance - Highway Trust Fund
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 23, 2015
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Schumer Urges Feds To Reverse Course On Transit Proposal That Could Put Hundreds Of Local Jobs At Risk & Cripple Rochester Finger Lakes Area Bus And Train Manufacturers
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 23, 2015
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Schumer Urges Feds To Reverse Course On Transit Proposal That Could Put Hundreds Of Local Jobs At Risk & Cripple Southern Tier Bus and Train Manufacturers
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 23, 2015
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Schumer Urges Feds To Reverse Course On Transit Proposal That Could Put Hundreds Of Local Jobs At Risk & Cripple North Country Bus And Train Manufacturers
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 20, 2015
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Schumer: Feds Must Fund $64M Modernization Project For the US Plaza At the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge To Help Alleviate Crippling Delays; Would Create And Sustain Over 1,500 Construction Jobs & Cut Down On Egregious Wait Times -- Schumer Launches Campaign to Have Feds Approve Funds ASAP
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 20, 2015
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Schumer, Blumenthal: Despite Recent Rail Crashes, Like Spuyten Duyvil & Derailment of Dangerous Oil Cars, Positive Train Control, Best Way to Prevent Dangerous Crashes, Has Not Yet Been Implemented; Senators Introduce Legislation Requiring PTC by 2018, For Both Passenger & Freight Trains Carrying Hazardous Oil Cars
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 20, 2015
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Schumer, Blumenthal: Despite Recent Rail Crashes, Like Puyten Duyvil & Derailment Of Dangerous Oil Cars, Positive Train Control, Best Way To Prevent Dangerous Crashes, Has Not Yet Been Implemented; Senators Introduce Legislation Requiring PTC By 2018, For Both Passenger & Freight Trains Carrying Hazardous Oil Cars
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 16, 2015
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Schumer, Higgins Urge Feds to Expedite Approvals for Life-Saving Helicopter Landing Pad at New John R. OiShei Children's Hospital on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| April 16, 2015
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Schumer, Higgins Urge Feds To Expedite Approvals For Life-Saving Helicopter Landing Pad At New John R. Oishei Children's Hospital On The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus -- Helipad Will Be Crucial For Pediatric Emergency Crews Transporting Critically Ill & Injured Patients
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| April 13, 2015
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $3 Million In Funding For Positive Train Control, Rail Safety Improvements
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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