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08.20.18
SCHUMER REVEALS: FDA HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING PRESENCE OF WEED KILLER CHEMICAL—GLYPHOSATE—IN EVERYDAY FOODS FOR TWO YEARS, BUT HAS YET TO RELEASE ANY RESULTS; RECENT REPORT ON PROBABLE CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICAL IN CEREALS, GRANOLA BARS & MORE DEMANDS FEDS UPDATE PUBLIC & ROOT OUT ANSWERS ASAP
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07.24.18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND URGE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO PREVENT ANY LAPSE IN ACCESS TO FARMERS MARKETS FOR VITAL FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; SENATORS WARN THAT ANY DISRUPTION COULD HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACT ON FAMILIES, SENIOR CITIZENS, AND FARMERS WHO SUPPLY FARMERS MARKETS
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06.04.18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND REVEAL: NEW TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EUROPEAN UNION AND MEXICO COULD BAN NEW YORK CHEESE MAKERS FROM SELLING CHEESE LABELED MUENSTER, FETA, PARMESAN, & OTHERS IN MEXICO; SENATOR URGES U.S. TRADE REP TO INTERVENE ASAP TO ENSURE MEXICO HONORS EXISTING TRADE COMMITMENTS BEFORE NY DAIRY PRODUCERS ARE HARMED
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04.04.18
SCHUMER: AMY’S KITCHEN NEEDS RELIABLE, REGIONAL AND ORGANIC PRODUCE AS THEY START COOKIN' UP NEW PASTA-BILITIES FOR ORANGE COUNTY, SENATOR WILL JOIN AMY’S KITCHEN CEO AND HUDSON VALLEY FARMERS TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO HELP MEET AMY’S KITCHEN’S NEEDS
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03.01.18
SCHUMER: FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN AND SENIORS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK COULD LOSE ACCESS TO VITAL SNAP NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IF ADMINISTRATION GETS ITS WAY; SENATOR LAUNCHES PUSH TO PROTECT SNAP AGAINST ANY PROPOSED CUTS BY THE ADMINISTRATION
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03.01.18
SCHUMER: FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN AND SENIORS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK COULD LOSE ACCESS TO VITAL SNAP NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IF ADMINISTRATION GETS ITS WAY; SENATOR LAUNCHES PUSH TO PROTECT SNAP AGAINST ANY PROPOSED CUTS BY THE ADMINISTRATION
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12.04.17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $500,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CORNELL UNIVERSITY
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10.22.17
WITH PUERTO RICO IN CRISIS, SCHUMER & REPS VELÀZQUEZ, SERRANO DEMAND WHITE HOUSE APPOINT EMERGENCY ‘CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF RESPONSE & RECOVERY’ WITH DIRECT LINE TO PRESIDENT; 80% OF ISLAND STILL HAS NO POWER, PORTS ARE A MESS; SUPPLIES CAN’T GET IN; CLEAN WATER LACKING; NEW POSITION WOULD BRING ALL FED AGENCIES TOGETHER TO TURN LIGHTS BACK ON, GET CLEAN WATER FLOWING, HELP MILLIONS RECOVER
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08.17.17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS AGREED TO PURCHASE $18 MILLION IN SURPLUS CONCORD GRAPE JUICE TO STABILIZE PRICES FOR GRAPE GROWERS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
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07.30.17
SCHUMER: DESPITE MAJOR MEDICAL STUDY & SCIENTISTS WARNING THAT FAST FOOD PACKAGING IS LADEN WITH CHEMICALS—PHTHALATES—THAT GET INTO OUR FOOD & MAKE US SICK, FDA HAS DONE LITTLE TO ACT; SENATOR SAYS CONSUMERS NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING INTO THEIR BODIES; PUTS IN ORDER FOR FDA INVESTIGATION INTO FAST FOOD PACKAGING
