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Press releases from: January 2018

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SCHUMER: REPORT REVEALS OPIOID SCOURGE IS ACCELERATING AND TAKING DEADLY TOLL IN UPSTATE NEW YORK – UP BY 23%; SENATOR LAUNCHES A NEW DRIVE TO FIGHT CRISIS BY PUSHING FOR MAJOR INCREASE OF FED FUNDS DURING NEXT WEEK’S FINAL BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, AFTER HIS PUSH, U.S. ARMY TO POSTHUMOUSLY AWARD HIGHEST PEACETIME MEDALS FOR VALOR TO PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EMMANUEL MENSAH, HERO WHO WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN BRONX APARTMENT FIRE WHILE RESCUING OTHERS
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SCHUMER: KEY FEDERAL FUNDS SECURED TO ASSIST WITH REDEVELOPMENT OF FORMER BAE SITE
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SCHUMER: WITH ILLEGAL DRUGS FLOWING INTO BORDER CROSSINGS LIKE PEACE BRIDGE AND BUFFALO-NIAGARA AIRPORT, SENATOR URGES PRESIDENT TO IMMEDIATELY SIGN BILL ON DESK THAT WOULD GIVE BUFFALO CBP AGENTS HIGH-TECH DETECTION MACHINES NEEDED TO STOP HIDDEN & DEADLY FENTANYL BEFORE IT’S SMUGGLED ONTO UPSTATE NY STREETS; BUFFALO SHOULD BE AMONGST FIRST CITIES TO RECEIVE HANDHELD DEVICES
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SCHUMER URGES PRESIDENT TO SIGN BILL ON DESK THAT WOULD GIVE JFK AIRPORT HIGH-TECH DETECTION MACHINES NEEDED TO STOP HIDDEN & DEADLY FENTANYL BEFORE IT’S SMUGGLED ONTO NY STREETS; SENATOR THEN WANTS NYC TO BE AMONGST FIRST CITIES TO RECEIVE HANDHELD DEVICES THAT CAN HELP CHOKE OFF TRAFFICKING & STOP THE OPIOID SCOURGE
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SCHUMER: NEW REPORT REVEALS OPIOID SCOURGE IS ACCELERATING AND TAKING DEADLY TOLL IN WESTCHESTER & ROCKLAND COMMUNITIES – UP NEARLY 200%; SENATOR WILL LAUNCH A NEW PUSH TO FIGHT CRISIS BY INCREASING FED FUNDS DURING NEXT WEEK’S FINAL BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS
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IN WAKE OF RECENT FATAL CHEMICAL EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT COSMETIC FACTORY, SCHUMER VISITS NEW WINDSOR TO CALL ON FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY IMPROVE THEIR COORDINATION & COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS & FIRST RESPONDERS, WHEN A COMPANY IS CITED WITH SERIOUS VIOLATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
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SCHUMER CALLS ON U.S. ARMY TO POSTHUMOUSLY HONOR PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EMMANUEL MENSAH, HERO WHO WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN BRONX APARTMENT FIRE WHILE RESCUING OTHERS
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SCHUMER PUSHES PLAN TO RESTORE PENSION TO THOUSANDS OF LONG ISLAND FAMILIES WHO WORKED THEIR WHOLE LIVES & ARE LOSING LONG-PROMISED PENSION PAYMENTS THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN; NEW LEGISLATION COULD PULL PENSION PLAN OUT OF FINANCIAL TROUBLE TO AVOID FURTHER BENEFIT CUTS IN YEARS TO COME
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SCHUMER REVEALS: NEW REPORT SAYS OPIOID SCOURGE TAKING HUGE TOLL; STATEN ISLAND IS AT NYC'S OPIOID EPICENTER; SENATOR LAUNCHES PUSH TO FIGHT CRISIS & INCREASE FED FUNDS TO NEW YORK AS BUDGET DEAL LOOMS

Press releases from: December 2017

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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES SENATE PASSAGE OF “KEVIN & AVONTE’S LAW”; SCHUMER’S BILL WOULD HELP LOCATE CHILDREN WITH AUTISM WHO WANDER FROM THE SAFETY OF THEIR CAREGIVERS; SENATOR NOW CALLS FOR SWIFT PASSAGE IN THE HOUSE
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND AND 13 SENATE DEMOCRATS CALL ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO HOLD RAILROADS ACCOUNTABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL AFTER FATAL DERAILMENTS AND SAFETY LAPSES
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $1.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NEW ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FACILITY AT HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES UPSTATE NY COMPANY – PIONEER IN WYOMING AND CHEMUNG COUNTIES – HAVE BEEN AWARDED CRITICAL CONTRACT THAT IS ESTIMATED TO CREATE 200 JOBS ACROSS UPSTATE NY
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SCHUMER URGES FEDERAL WETLAND REVIEW AND APPROVAL TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR LEGOLAND DEVELOPMENT AND HUNDREDS OF NEW JOBS AND NEW TAX REVENUE; SCHUMER URGES ARMY CORPS TO EXPEDITE REVIEW THAT COULD UNLOCK OPPORTUNITY FOR ORANGE COUNTY
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SCHUMER REVEALS: FEDS POSSESS TECHNOLOGY TO HELP DETECT SUICIDE VESTS IN SUBWAYS, TRAIN STATIONS & AIRPORTS – BUT WITHOUT MORE TESTS, LIFE-SAVING, TERROR-PREVENTING TECHNOLOGY COULD SIT IN LIMBO FOR YEARS; SENATOR URGES TSA TO PARTNER WITH TRANSIT AGENCIES, BRING NEXT-GEN TECH TO NYC FOR TESTS & SPEED UP PLANS TO ADOPT NATIONALLY
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SCHUMER: FCC VOTE TO END NET NEUTRALITY – ALLOWING ACCESS TO THE WEB TO BE BLOCKED OR SLOWED FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS -- SIMPLY CANNOT STAND; REPEAL OF NET NEUTRALITY WILL TURN INTERNET INTO A TOLL ROAD, WHERE ONLY THE HIGHEST PAYING CUSTOMERS WILL RULE; SENATOR PUSHES PLAN TO OVERTURN DECISION WITH A MAJORITY VOTE BY CONGRESS
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SCHUMER REVEALS: SOLDIERS ABROAD MAY NOT GET THEIR CHRISTMAS TREES THIS YEAR; RED-RIBBON TAPE IS STOPPING U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FROM DELIVERING TREES; SENATOR DEMANDS FEDS IMMEDIATELY SHIP TREES & SAVE CHRISTMAS FOR SOLDIERS SERVING ABROAD
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AHEAD OF CHRISTMAS, SCHUMER PUSHES FED BOP TO HIRE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST IN BROOKLYN’S FEDERAL PRISON; INMATES HAVE BEEN WITHOUT CHAPLAIN SINCE FEBRUARY; CHAPLAINS HELP MAKE PRISONS SAFER & MORE SECURE
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SCHUMER REVEALS: SOLDIERS ABROAD MAY NOT GET THEIR CHRISTMAS TREES THIS YEAR; RED-RIBBON TAPE IS STOPPING U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FROM DELIVERING TREES; SENATOR DEMANDS FEDS IMMEDIATELY SHIP TREES & SAVE CHRISTMAS FOR SOLDIERS SERVING ABROAD