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Press releases from: May 2025

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AFTER HOUSE GOP VOTED TO MAKE LARGEST CUT TO FOOD ASSISTANCE IN HISTORY - IMPACTING 150,000 IN ROCHESTER-FINGER LAKES – SCHUMER SAYS WE MUST UNITE TO SAVE SNAP; STANDING WITH ROCHESTER FAITH LEADERS, FARMERS, & FOOD BANKS, WILL SHOW DEVASTATING LOCAL IMPACTS OF GOP BILL, DEMANDS GOP BLOCK CUTS THAT RISK MILLIONS OF KIDS, SENIORS, & FAMILIES GOING HUNGRY ACROSS AMERICA
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SCHUMER: SHOCKING NEW DISTRICT-BY-DISTRICT REPORT SHOWS THE GOP PLAN TO GUT MEDICAID COULD KICK 1.5 MILLION NEW YORKERS OFF HEALTH INSURANCE & AND RIP AWAY $13.5 BILLION FROM LOCAL HOSPITALS & NY HEALTHCARE ECONOMY
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SCHUMER - WITH HUDSON VALLEY RELIGIOUS LEADERS, FARMERS AND FOOD BANKS- SAYS GOP JUST VOTED TO RIP AWAY NEARLY $300 BILLION FROM AMERICA’S LARGEST ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM, AND THAT COULD LEAD TO THOUSANDS OF HUDSON VALLEY KIDS, SENIORS, AND FAMILIES GOING WITHOUT FOOD; SENATOR DEMANDS NY REPUBLICANS BLOCK BIGGEST CUT TO FOOD ASSISTANCE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
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SCHUMER - WITH WESTERN NY RELIGIOUS LEADERS & FOOD BANKS - SOUNDS ALARM THAT UNDER GOP PLAN TO CUT SNAP - AMERICA’S LARGEST ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM - THOUSANDS OF KIDS, SENIORS, & FAMILIES COULD GO WITHOUT FOOD; SENATOR SAYS WE MUST UNITE TO PROTECT SNAP AND DEMANDS NY REPUBLICANS BLOCK LARGEST SNAP CUT IN HISTORY
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SCHUMER - WITH CAPITAL REGION RELIGIOUS LEADERS, FOOD BANKS & FARMERS - SOUNDS ALARM THAT UNDER GOP PLAN TO CUT SNAP - AMERICA’S LARGEST ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM - THOUSANDS OF KIDS, SENIORS, & FAMILIES COULD GO WITHOUT FOOD; SENATOR SAYS WE MUST UNITE TO PROTECT SNAP AND DEMANDS NY REPUBLICANS BLOCK LARGEST SNAP CUT IN HISTORY
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NEW SCHUMER ANALYSIS: TRUMP’S BUDGET PROPOSAL IS ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS UPSTATE NY RELIES ON MOST, RAISING COSTS FOR SENIORS, FAMILIES, & SMALL BUSINESSES AND SLASHING CRITICAL INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITIES; SENATOR BREAKS DOWN LOCAL IMPACT OF MOST SEVERE, ALARMING CUTS FOR UPSTATE NY FAMILIES AND MAIN STREETS
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SCHUMER REVEALS: UNDER-THE-RADAR SECTION OF TRUMP’S BUDGET WOULD DECIMATE 5 NORTH COUNTRY AIRPORTS’ ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE FEDERAL FUNDING, RISKING THEM LOSING CRITICAL FLIGHTS THAT DRIVE THE LOCAL ECONOMY; SENATOR CALLS ON NY HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO STAND UP TO TRUMP & PROTECT NORTH COUNTRY AIRPORTS
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SCHUMER WELCOMES CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY OFFICIALS TO WASHINGTON D.C.
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND: TRUMP & RFK JUST FIRED ANOTHER 16 HEALTH PROGRAM DOCS & SCIENTISTS, STUNTING WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM; SENATORS DEMAND NY GOP MEMBERS OF CONGRESS USE THEIR BUDGET VOTE AS LEVERAGE TO END THE CHAOS; POLITICAL GAMES JEOPARDIZING HEALTHCARE OF HEROES
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SCHUMER STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF LONGTIME SYRACUSE LEADER AND FORMER COMMON COUNCIL PRESIDENT VAN ROBINSON
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SCHUMER REVEALS: ‘DOGE’ & TRUMP JUST SLASHED $26+ MILLION FOR AMERICORPS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMUNITY PROJECTS ACROSS NEW YORK, AXING 3,600 AMERICORPS NATIONAL SERVICE MEMBERS, WITH MORE DEVASTATING CUTS ON HORIZON; SENATOR SHOWS IMPACTS REGION BY REGION, DEMANDS NY HOUSE REPUBLICANS STAND UP AND PROTECT AMERICORPS

Press releases from: April 2025

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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MANNION SLAM RUMORED ‘DOGE’ CUTS TO DFAS ROME WORKFORCE, DEMAND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IMMEDIATELY REVERSE COURSE & PROTECT THE MOHAWK VALLEY WORKERS VITAL TO AMERICA’S MILITARY SERVICEMEMBERS & NATIONAL DEFENSE
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SCHUMER CALLS ON EPA TO CUT RED TAPE AND STOP DELAYING CONTRACT FOR CANANDAIGUA TO PROTECT DRINKING WATER FOR 40,000 IN ONTARIO & WAYNE COUNTIES
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SENATOR: TRUMP TARIFFS ARE COSTING LI-ERS $5,000 MORE A YEAR; SENATOR REVEALS ICONIC LONG ISLAND FASHION BUSINESS COSTS HAVE JUMPED 30%—WITH NO END IN SIGHT; SENATOR STANDS WITH OWNER—WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP—TO ANNOUNCE HE WILL FORCE VOTE NEXT WEEK TO END TRUMP TRADE WAR; SAYS HOUSE MUST ALSO ACT; LI REPS HAVE REAL SWAY TO PRESSURE GOP
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SCHUMER: SUNY SCHENECTADY CAN HELP ADDRESS NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SHORTAGE, BUT NEEDS FINAL FED APPROVAL FOR TRAINING PROGRAM; SENATOR CALLS ON FAA TO APPROVE SCHENECTADY AVIATION SCHOOL FOR FEDERAL AIR TRAFFIC-COLLEGIATE TRAINING INITIATIVE
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND DEMAND ANSWERS ON BRUTAL IMPACTS OF DOGE’S SOCIAL SECURITY CUTS ON NEW YORKERS; SENATORS CALL ON INDEPENDENT IG TO IMMEDIATELY REPORT SHORTFALLS, CONSEQUENCES, AND RAMIFICATIONS FROM DEVASTATING TRUMP & ‘DOGE’ ATTACKS ON SOCIAL SECURITY
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SCHUMER CELEBRATES CHOBANI INVESTING WHOPPING $1 BILLION IN MOHAWK VALLEY FOR NEW YOGURT FACTORY, CREATING 1,000 NEW GOOD-PAYING JOBS - LARGEST INVESTMENT IN NATURAL FOOD MAKING IN AMERICAN HISTORY
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SCHUMER: GOP PLAN TO CRIPPLE MEDICAID WOULD SLASH ADDICTION TREATMENT IN ROCHESTER-FINGER LAKES AND WORSEN OPIOID EPIDEMIC ACROSS UPSTATE NY; STANDING WITH DOCTORS & PEOPLE IN RECOVERY THANKS TO MEDICAID, SENATOR REVEALS DEVASTATING IMPACTS TO LOCAL HEALTHCARE, DEMANDS GOP BLOCK BIGGEST MEDICAID CUT IN HISTORY
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SCHUMER: SAVE OUR RESTAURANTS & SMALL BUSINESSES FROM TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR, STANDING WITH CENTRAL NY BUSINESSES SEEING MAJOR PRICE INCREASES HURTING FAMILIES & LOCAL JOBS, SENATOR ANNOUNCES SENATE DEMS WILL FORCE VOTE TO END TRUMP TARIFFS
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SCHUMER CALLS FOR TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY TO MEET WITH FLIGHT 3407 FAMILIES AND COMMIT TO THEM PERSONALLY TO PROTECTING 1,500 HOUR RULE AND AIR SAFETY REGULATION SENATOR & FAMILIES FOUGHT TOGETHER TO ENACT INTO LAW