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Press releases from: October 2015

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SCHUMER: CELL PHONE WIRELESS CARRIERS ARE WRONGLY CLAIMING QUALITY RECEPTION ON COVERAGE MAPS FOR NORTHERN WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES; IN REALITY, AREAS ARE OFTEN DEAD ZONES; SCHUMER CALLS FOR FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY INVESTIGATE DECEPTIVE COVERAGE MAPS
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SCHUMER, BOOKER CALL FOR PASSAGE OF BIPARTISAN ‘SENTENCING REFORM & CORRECTIONS ACT’; COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION AIMS TO SCALE BACK OVER-INCARCERATION OF NON-VIOLENT FELONS IN NY, NJ & ACROSS AMERICA; BILL WILL HELP PROVIDE PRISONERS WITH JOB-TRAINING & TOOLS THEY NEED TO ENTER SOCIETY AS PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING & SUPPORT SURVIVORS IN NEW YORK CITY
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SCHUMER: PAST UNDERFUNDING OF HURRICANE TRACKING SYSTEM MAY HAVE LED TO MISCALLS ON JOAQUIN’S TRACK; TO BOOT, FED BUDGET FOR FLEET OF CRUCIAL FORECASTING SATELLITES SLASHED BY PROPOSED $245M—CREATING NEW PROBLEMS AS EARLY AS 2016; SENATOR LAUNCHES PUSH TO ENSURE TRACKING IS THE BEST IT CAN BE WHEN IT COMES TO HURRICANES & TORNADOES
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $10 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CONSORTIUM OF COLLEGES, INCLUDING $1.2 MILLION FOR SUNY BROCKPORT IN MONROE COUNTY – SCHOOLS WILL CONDUCT RESEARCH THROUGH GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLAND MONITORING PROGRAM
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SCHUMER URGES FAA TO CONDUCT COMPREHENSIVEREVIEW OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS AND ENSURE ALL PASSENGER FLIGHTS CARRY APPROPRIATE PEDIATRIC MEDICINE & EQUIPMENT – AFTER LOCAL BUFFALO DOCTOR ON TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO CREATE A MAKESHIFT MEDICAL DEVICE TO SAVE 2-YEAR-OLD FROM ASTHMA ATTACK; SENATOR CALLS INCIDENT A WAKE UP CALL
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: HARRIS SET TO COMPETE FOR $12.7 BILLION DOD “MANPACK” RADIO CONTRACT FOLLOWING SCHUMER PUSH TO OPEN CONTRACT PROCESS TO MULTIPLE VENDERS SO COMPANIES LIKE HARRIS COULD BID; FINAL BID PROPOSALS DUE OCT. 2 – SCHUMER’S PUSH GAVE HARRIS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD TO COMPETE FOR $3.9 BILLION “RIFLEMAN” CONTRACT THAT HARRIS WON IN APRIL
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SCHUMER: IDLING TRAINS FROM CANADIAN PACIFIC RR BLOCK THE ONLY ENTRANCE & EXIT POINT FOR TOWN OF DICKINSON’S ROGERS MOUNTAIN WAY NEIGHBORHOOD; TRAINS SITTING ON TRACKS FOR HOURS CUT OFF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FROM TOWN & PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES FROM REACHING COMMUNITY – SCHUMER URGES COMPANY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBOR BY REMOVING IDLING TRAINS & HELPING FUND CONSTRUCTION OF ALTERNATE ROADWAY
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: NY NATIONAL GUARD AGREES TO BRING SGT. HENRY JOHNSON’S MEDAL OF HONOR TO ALBANY
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND & HANNA ANNOUNCE OVER $2.2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INITIATIVE

Press releases from: September 2015

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SCHUMER: FOLLOWING SENATOR’S CALL FOR INVESTIGATION, FEDERAL DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION CONCLUDES KUWAIT AIRWAYS IS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ISRAELI CITIZENS, EVEN WHEN FLYING TO COUNTRIES THEY CAN LEGALLY ENTER; SENATOR URGED FEDS TO INTERVENE AFTER AN ISRAELI CITIZEN HAD BEEN DENIED TICKETS TO BOARD A KUWAIT AIRWAYS FLIGHT FROM NYC TO LONDON
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SCHUMER REVEALS: DANGEROUS TOXIC ALGAE IS DRAMATICALLY SPREADING ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YOK; SENATOR SAYS ALGAE FOUND IN MORE THAN 80 UPSTATE NY WATERWAYS COULD CONTAMINATE DRINKING WATER AND DAMAGE UPSTATE FISHING INDUSTRY – URGES USDA TO DEDICATE MORE FED RESOURCES TO HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF TOXIC ALGAE TO HELP PROTECT NY RESIDENTS AND WATER BODIES
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $150,000 FOR WARRENSBURG FIRE DISTRICT IN WARREN COUNTY
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $880,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM ON LONG ISLAND
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1.2 MILLION IN FED FUNDS TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ERIE COUNTY
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, TONKO ANNOUNCE $3 MILLION IN FED FUNDING FOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS AT SCHENECTADY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE & ACROSS THE CAPITAL REGION
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SCHUMER: IN MIDST OF DIRE FISCAL CRISIS, PUERTO RICO NEEDS IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO BANKRUPTCY PROTECTIONS; SENATOR CALLS FOR SWIFT FEDERAL ACTION ON ‘PUERTO RICO CHAPTER 9 UNIFORMITY ACT,’ WHICH WILL GIVE PUERTO RICO—A U.S. TERRITORY— SAME CHAPTER 9 AUTHORITY AS U.S. STATES
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND URGE AIR FORCE BRASS TO SELECT NEW DIRECTOR OF ROME LABS WHO WILL ENSURE IT CONTINUES TO BE A LEADING FORCE AGAINST CYBER THREATS AND DRIVER OF THE CENTRAL NEW YORK ECONOMY
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SENATOR SCHUMER & CONGRESSMAN HIGGINS CALL FOR RE-USE OF DILLON COURTHOUSE; URGE GSA TO GUARD AGAINST LAND SPECULATION AND WAREHOUSING – AND FACTOR-IN COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC IMPACT IN DIVESTIURE OF FEDERAL BUILDINGS
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SCHUMER, HELLER, KLOBUCHAR, LEE INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO MODERNIZE & STREAMLINE VISA PROGRAM TO GROW INTERNATIONAL TOURISM IN THE UNITED STATES