Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On 4/13/22 standing with Long Island veterans, one with a very serious service-related condition who is running Project 9 Line, a local organization that helps transition LI vets into civilian life, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer demanded colleagues across the aisle come together to pass the Honoring Our PACT Act to extend VA benefits to service members who have cancer and other severe illnesses due to exposure to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxins. Schumer detailed the new legislation he first pushed in Washington, the ‘Honoring Our PACT Act,’ that will extend health care eligibilities to veterans, reform how the VA studies and adopts presumptions of service condition for toxic exposures and allow toxic-exposed veterans to get easier access to the care they deserve. Schumer said this issue has been very relevant on Long Island as he made the case to bring the bill to the Senate Floor and advance the cause of countless vets seeking their hard-fought benefits.