Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On February 20th, 2020, Senator Schumer stood with Vietnam veterans at the Tompkins County Department of Veteran Services in Ithaca, NY to call on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to stop playing games with the health of Upstate New York veterans, and add new conditions shown to be linked to service and Agent Orange, like bladder cancer and hypothyroidism, to the presumptive conditions list. Schumer said veterans should not have to wage their own war to gather the scientific facts and medical opinions in order to receive the care and benefits needed to treat the illnesses they contracted because they served our nation. Schumer said that is absolutely crucial that the roughly 240,000 Vietnam-era veterans in New York State receive the healthcare benefits they need and deserve.