Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On May 4, 2018, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer stood at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, on the heels of securing historic levels of funding for opioid treatment and prevention, and announced his support of the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act. According to Schumer, the bipartisan bill originally introduced by Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman’s (R-OH) creates a new grant program through the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that will help state and local law enforcement secure new high-tech, portable screening devices to quickly, effectively, and safely identify dangerous drugs like fentanyl, in the field.