Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On March 31, 2010, Schumer visited the Simmons Machine Tool Corporation in Menands to discuss efforts to crack down on Chinese currency manipulation that is hurting US manufacturing. Schumer announced that he is pushing new legislation to vigorously address China's currency manipulation that unfairly and negatively impacts U.S. trade. If passed, the legislation would provide less flexibility to the Treasury Department when it comes to citing countries for currency manipulation. It would also impose stiff new penalties on countries that manipulate their currency.