December 2014
12/15/14
SCHUMER DEMANDS LI’S DESIGNATED EBOLA TREATMENT CENTERS NOT BE LEFT BEHIND - FEDS MUST REALIZE THAT NOT JUST NYC, BUT NORTH SHORE-LIJ & STONY BROOK WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS & SPENT OVER $6M FOR THEIR EXTENSIVE COST OF TRAINING, RETROFITTING FACILITIES, PURCHASING HAZMAT SUITS TO PREPARE FOR EBOLA THREAT; CALLS FOR FULL REIMBURSEMENT TO LI HOSPITALS
12/15/14
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, AFTER HIS PUSH, LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW PRESIDENT TO CONSIDER MEDAL OF HONOR REQUEST FOR SGT. HENRY JOHNSON PASSES CONGRESS, HEADS TO PRESIDENT’S DESK – AFTER BILL IS SIGNED INTO LAW, NEXT STEP IS FOR PRESIDENT TO CONSIDER & APPROVE MEDAL OF HONOR REQUEST
12/14/14
SCHUMER: AS FUEL COSTS PLUMMET, AIRFARES FOR NYERS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON REMAIN EXTREMELY HIGH- CALLS FOR FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO WHY DRAMATICALLY LOWER FUEL COSTS & RECORD AIRLINE PROFITS ARE NOT BEING PASSED ON TO CONSUMERS THROUGH LOWER FARES
12/12/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, HIGGINS, COLLINS, REED URGE PRESIDENT TO QUICKLY APPROVE DISASTER DECLARATION FOR WNY COMMUNITIES HARD HIT BY HISTORIC NOVEMBER SNOWSTORM – DISASTER DECLARATION WOULD UNLOCK FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ERIE, CATTARAUGUS, CHAUTAUQUA, GENESEE, ORLEANS, WYOMING
12/12/14
AT SCHUMER & GILLIBRAND’S URGING, FEMA AWARDS OWEGO APALACHIN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH FUNDING TO BUILD TWO NEW FACILITIES; PROJECT EXPECTED TO BE VALUED AT MORE THAN $23 MILLION
12/12/14
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO KEEP LIFE-SAVING NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAMS FUNDED ACROSS UPSTATE NY PASSES CONGRESS, HEADS TO PRESIDENT’S DESK – SCHUMER PUSHED LEGISLATION WITH BUFFALO BILLS GREAT JIM KELLY; TESTING & RESEARCH FOR 40+ DISEASES SAVES LIVES
12/12/14
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES SENATE PASSAGE OF ‘JUSTICE AGAINST SPONSORS OF TERRORISM ACT’–LONG SOUGHT AFTER BY 9/11 FAMILIES; SENATOR CALLS ON HOUSE TO PASS LEGISLATION
12/12/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, HANNA ANNOUNCE AFTER THEIR PUSH, PROVISIONS THAT WOULD PROVIDE CONGRESS WITH MORE OVERSIGHT OVER DFAS PERSONNEL PLANS AND ADD PROTECTIONS FOR ROME DFAS WORKERS PASSES CONGRESS IN ANNUAL DEFENSE BILL
12/12/14
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, AFTER HIS PUSH, LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW PRESIDENT TO CONSIDER MEDAL OF HONOR REQUEST FOR SGT. HENRY JOHNSON PASSES CONGRESS, HEADS TO PRESIDENT’S DESK – AFTER BILL IS SIGNED INTO LAW, NEXT STEP IS FOR PRESIDENT TO CONSIDER & APPROVE MEDAL OF HONOR REQUEST
12/12/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MAFFEI ANNOUNCE LONG-SOUGHT LEGISLATION TO CREATE HARRIET TUBMAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK HAS CLEARED CONGRESS & NOW HEADS TO PRESIDENT’S DESK – REPS URGE PRESIDENT TO SIGN-OFF ON HISTORIC DESIGNATION
12/11/14
SCHUMER APPLAUDS FHFA DIRECTOR MEL WATT FOR ORDERING THE CAPITALIZATION OF THE NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND
12/11/14
SCHUMER: JUST-UNVEILED OMNIBUS BILL RESTORES UNWISE CUT PROPOSED FOR OVER 315 UPSTATE NY WATER & SEWER PROJECTS – ADMINISTRATION ORIGINALLY PROPOSED A DEVASTATING $40 MILLION CUT TO NYS SEWER PROJECTS, BUT SCHUMER SUCCESSFULLY PROTECTED FUNDING
12/10/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, HIGGINS, COLLINS ANNOUNCE USDA HAS ISSUED SECRETARIAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR 7 WNY COUNTIES DEVASTATED BY NOVEMBER SNOWSTORM
12/10/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $23 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NEW ARMY RESERVE TRAINING CENTER IN MATTYDALE IN JUST-UNVEILED OMNIBUS BILL
12/10/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $27 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR FORT DRUM’S UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE HANGAR IN JUST-UNVEILED OMNIBUS BILL
12/10/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $58 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO BUILD NEW BARRACKS AT WEST POINT IN JUST-UNVEILED OMNIBUS BILL
12/10/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, SLAUGHTER ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $67 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY’S NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF IN JUST-UNVEILED OMNIBUS BILL
12/10/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $166M IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR BROOKHAVEN’S ION COLLIDER & $105M FOR NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE II IS INCLUDED IN JUST-UNVEILED OMNIBUS BILL; BNL’S COLLIDER IS ONLY REMAINING ATOM SMASHER IN COUNTRY
12/10/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MALONEY ANNOUNCE 3-YEAR EXTENSION OF CRITICAL FUNDING FOR HIGHLAND FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT & MILLIONS IN FED AID, WHICH WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN LOST, ARE INCLUDED IN JUST-UNVEILED DEFENSE BILL & FED SPENDING BILL
12/10/14
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES BIG VICTORY FOR NEW YORK INCLUDED IN FEDERAL SPENDING BILL: FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EBOLA EXPENSES INCURRED FOR TREATMENT OF DR. SPENCER, TRANSPORT OF POTENTIAL EBOLA CASES, TRAINING & PREPARATION FOR DEADLY DISEASE
