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Press releases from: January 2021

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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND RE-UP FIGHT FOR DIRECT FEDERAL AID TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RESPONDING TO AND RECOVERING FROM CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
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LAST WEEK, IN PERSONAL CALL TO GENERAL ELECTRIC CEO, SCHUMER PUSHES FOR GE TO MANUFACTURE NEXT-GENERATION WIND TURBINE IN NEW YORK AND CREATE HUNDREDS OF NEW JOBS; SENATOR SAYS GE COULD HELP NEW YORK STATE ACHIEVE COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP 9,000 MEGAWATTS OF OFFSHORE WIND POWER BY 2035 & BRING GREEN-ECONOMY JOBS TO UPSTATE NY
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SCHUMER STATEMENT CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM OFFICE
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE BIPARTISAN END-OF-YEAR OMNIBUS LEGISLATION INCLUDES $8 MILLION FOR CORNELL CHESS LAB; FUNDING WILL BE USED TO CONTINUE LAB’S 40-YEAR HISTORY OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT
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FOLLOWING PUSH, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $81.5 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY’S NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF (NTID) IN FY 2021 BIPARTISAN APPROPRIATIONS PACKAGE
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $14 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ACTIVITIES
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SCHUMER: BIPARTISAN END-OF-YEAR OMNIBUS LEGISLATION URGES AIR FORCE SECRETARY TO PRIORITIZE TAXIWAY EXPANSION OF NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION; INSUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE HAS HURT AIR FORCE RESERVE MISSION READINESS; REPAIRS WOULD BOOST WNY ECONOMY & NATIONAL DEFENSE
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AFTER YEARS OF ADVOCACY TO EXPAND HEALTH ACCESS IN UPSTATE NY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES RECENTLY-SIGNED END-OF-YEAR OMNIBUS LEGISLATION CREATES 1,000 NEW GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION SLOTS NATIONWIDE; SENATOR SAYS NEW SLOTS WILL INCREASE NUMBERS OF DOCTORS TRAINED IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
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FOLLOWING NATIONAL PUSH LAUNCHED IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES $8 BILLION IN NEW CRITICAL HEALTH BENEFITS FOR VETS SUFFERING FROM AGENT ORANGE-LINKED ILLNESSES - INCLUDING ALMOST 240,000 NY VIETNAM VETS- PASSES IN NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL

Press releases from: December 2020

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SCHUMER STATEMENT ON ROCHESTER BECOMING THE HOME TO PLUG POWER’S NEW +375 WORKER ‘GIGAFACTORY’ FOLLOWING HIS ADVOCACY
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $82 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR ROCHESTER LASER LAB IN THE FY 2021 BIPARTISAN APPROPRIATIONS PACKAGE
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, BRINDISI: JUST-SIGNED, BIPARTISAN END-OF-YEAR OMNIBUS LEGISLATION INCLUDES $278 MILLION FOR ROME LAB; FEDERAL FUNDING WILL BE USED TO FURTHER REVOLUTIONIZE UAS & QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
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FOLLOWING UPSTATE CALLS ON FEDS LAST YEAR, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: JUST IN TIME FOR NEW YEAR’S, TTB APPROVES CANNED WINE SALES IN POPULAR 12OZ & 8.4OZ SIZES; SENATOR SAYS LIFTED RESTRICTIONS WILL ALLOW NEW YORK’S WINERIES TO CRACK OPEN TABS OF PROFITS & UNLEASH WINE PRODUCTION IN 2021
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SCHUMER, STANDING WITH PUBLIC ADVOCATE JUMAANE WILLIAMS & ENVIRO JUSTICE ORGS, PUSHES MAJOR INVESTMENT IN WIND TURBINE ASSEMBLY CENTER AT SOUTH BROOKLYN MARINE TERMINAL; NEW HUB WOULD BE HUGE WIN FOR COMMUNITY, LOCAL JOBS, ENVIRONMENT & NYS MANUFACTURING
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FOLLOWING NATIONAL PUSH LAUNCHED IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, SCHUMER DELIVERS $15 BILLION NATIONALLY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVE VENUES, INDIE MOVIE THEATERS, & CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AS PART OF COVID RELIEF PACKAGE; SENATOR SAYS NY POSITIONED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT FUNDS, KEEPING VENUES ALIVE THROUGH SECOND WAVE OF PANDEMIC
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SCHUMER: FREE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO NY’ERS; JUST-PASSED COVID RELIEF DEAL MEANS BILLIONS FOR UNIVERSAL & FREE COVID VAX; SENATOR DETAILS HUNDREDS-OF-MILLIONS FOR UPSTATE & NYS THAT’S NOW ON THE WAY TO SUPPORT VAX DISTRIBUTION, TESTING & TRACING
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SCHUMER DETAILS IMPACT OF JUST-PASSED COVID RELIEF DEAL TO UPSTATE NEW YORK; BIPARTISAN SPENDING PACKAGE DELIVERS MORE THAN $54+ BILLION TO NY WORKERS, FAMILIES, RENTERS & SMALL BUSINESSES; INCLUDES DIRECT FUNDING TO STATE GOVERNMENT & NY VACCINE FUNDS
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, KATKO ANNOUNCE SENATE PASSAGE OF BILL TO RENAME FAYETTEVILLE POST OFFICE TO HONOR CNY WWII VETERAN
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $892 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NEW YORK’S HOSPITALS BATTLING SECOND WAVE OF COVID PANDEMIC
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE FINAL 2020 WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ACT INCLUDES AUTHORIZATION OF CRITICAL PROVISIONS FOR NEW YORK