Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On October 26, 2018, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer stood at the Chobani manufacturing plant in New Berlin, N.Y., as he called on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to update the protein crediting system in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. Schumer explained that under the current USDA policy for crediting the protein contribution of meat and meat alternatives, Greek yogurt is not given credit for the protein it contributes when compared to other protein food alternates, which have less protein. Schumer explained that because of this outdated policy, products like Greek yogurt, also known to schools as strained, high protein yogurt, cost more for schools to purchase, and because of this, are frequently not available under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.