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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce That Senate Interior Appropriations Bill Includes $11 Million To Protect Great Lakes Against Asian Carp
Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Interior Appropriations bill that just passed the Senate includes $11 million in federal funding to help protect the Great Lakes from the...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Funding Authorization For Five Military Construction Projects Across New York In Recent Defense Bill; Senators Vow To See Funding Through Appropriations Process
Schumer, Gillibrand Fought To Secure Funding Authorizations For Military Construction Projects Ranging From A New Physical Training Center At NFARS, To Increased Perimeter Security At Rome Lab, To An Engineering Center And A Parking Structure At West Point, And A Plant Project At The Kenneth A. Kesselring Naval Nuclear Reactor Site; Schumer, Gillibrand: This Federal Funding Will Keep Key New York Military Operations At Peak Of Readiness, Safety And Excellence
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $1M Funding Increase For Critical Maple Program In Just-Passed Senate Spending Bill; Funding Will Be Used To Invest In Research, Boost Global Competitiveness; Senators Vow To Shepherd Funding Through Appropriations Process
Schumer, Gillibrand Secure $4M In Total Funding For Acer Program That Increases Production, Strengthens Conservation And Drives Efficiency In Maple Sugaring; Schumer, Gillibrand: Funding Increase Will Help Our Farmers And Landowners Upstate Tap Into Massive Maple Potential
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce: As Part Of Just-Passed Senate Minibus Appropriations Bill, High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program Will Remain Under Office Of National Drug Control Policy, Receive Full Funding For FY2019; Senators Say Program Plays Essential Role In Combatting Opioid Epidemic
The High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program Provides Special Resources And Critical Coordination To Choke Off Drugs & Drug Trafficking In 25 New York Counties; In The Recently-Passed Senate Appropriations Bill, Senators Schumer, Gillibrand Successfully Fought Admin Proposal That Would Move HIDTA Program Away From The Office Of National Drug Control Policy, Where It Works Well; Senators Also Secured Full Funding For Critical Program; Schumer, Gillibrand: HIDTA Ain’t Broke, So Don’t “
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce That Newly-Passed Senate Defense Bill Includes $50 Million For Impact Aid Program To Provide Critical Funding For Schools On Federal Land, Including Several Districts In The North Country
National Defense Authorization Act That Just Passed the Senate Includes $40 Million for the Department of Defense Impact Aid Program and $10 Million for Impact Aid for Severely Disabled Military Children
Gillibrand Visits Syracuse To Announce Critical Federal Funding For Historic Preservation; Gillibrand’s Successful Bipartisan Push To Senate Appropriators Prevented Devastating Cut To Program
Gillibrand Led Bipartisan Push in Senate Requesting Higher Funding Levels for Historic Preservation Investment that Benefits Projects Like the Historic Hotel Syracuse
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $24K In Federal Funds For Greene Fire Department In Chenango County
Federal Funding Will Be Used To Modernize Turnout Gear For Overall Protection From Hazards And Carcinogens
Gillibrand Announces Senate Passage Of Her Provisions To Protect Military Families From Intimate Partner And Child Abuse
As Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Personnel, Gillibrand Fought To Secure Provisions to Support and Protect Military Families in FY 2019 NDAA bill; More Than 12,000 Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Cases Involving Military Families Were Reported in FY 2017, Including 17 Child Abuse-Related Deaths
After House Version Of Gillibrand’s Bipartisan Blue Water Navy Veterans Bill Passed The House 382-0, Gillibrand Testifies Before Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, Urges Senate To Pass Legislation To Protect Sick Vietnam Vets Who Were Exposed To Agent Orange During The Vietnam War
Gillibrand’s Bipartisan Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act would Require Department of Veterans Affairs to Provide VA Benefits to Thousands of Navy Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange During the Vietnam War; Companion Legislation in the House of Representatives Passed 382-0
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $27K In Federal Funds For Winchester Fire Company In Erie County
Federal Funding Will Be Used To Purchase New Thermal Imaging Cameras