Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On January 13th, 2020, Senator Schumer spoke at the Veterans Outreach Center on South Ave, flanked by Rochester Vietnam War veterans suffering from Agent Orange-linked conditions including bladder cancer and hypothyroidism and who have not received the care and compensation they deserve. Senator Charles Schumer today called on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to finally prioritize the health and well-being of Upstate New York veterans and finally end the years-long delay of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) effort to add additional diseases to the Agent Orange presumptive conditions list.