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June 8, 2015
As Congress Debates Child Nutrition Standards, Gillibrand & Tonko Push for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables at School & Announce Legislation to Provide More Students with Nutritious Meals When School is Out for Summer
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 27, 2015
Letter to Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - Family Detention
Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
May 26, 2015
Schumer: Children Across NYC Are vulnerable To Identity Thieves; Kids Under 18 Are Easy Targets Because Their Credit Reports Are Often Clean & Unmonitored; Senator to Introduce Legislation That Will Automatically Freeze Credit For Kids -- Until Parents Unfreeze It -- Will Protect Kids From Several Types Of ID Theft
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 26, 2015
Governor Cuomo Announces $30 Million for Summer Youth Employment
Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
May 19, 2015
Members of New York Congressional Delegation Join Governor Cuomo's Raise the Age Campaign
Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
May 19, 2015
Gillibrand Introduces New Legislation to End Discrimination Against Potential LGBT Adoptive and Foster Parents Based on Their Sexual Orientation & Open More Loving Homes to Children Being Left Behind
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 17, 2015
Gillibrand, Families, Advocates Announce New Legislation to End Discrimination Against Potential LGBT Adoptive And Foster Parents Based on Their Sexual Orientation; Opening More Loving homes to Children Being Left Behind
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 13, 2015
Schumer: Children Are Vulnerable To Identity Theives; Kids Under 18 Are Easy Targets Because Their Credit Reports Are often Clean And Unmonitored; Senator To Introduce Legislation That Will Automatically Freeze Credit For Kids - Until Parents Unfreeze It - Will Protect Kids From Several Types Of ID Theft
Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 22, 2015
With Asthma Affecting Nearly Half a Million New York Children, Gillibrand Announces New Legislation to Ensure Schools Prepare For & Prevent Asthma Attacks
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
April 21, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Protect Syrian Women and Girls
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 16, 2015
Schumer Announces Over 270,000 New York Kids Will Keep Their Low-Cost Health Insurance, After Risk Of Losing It This Summer; Senator Led Major Effort To Pass Critical Legislation Extending Fed Funding Will Now Helps Middle Class Families Continue To Afford Their Kids' Health Care
Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 30, 2015
Letter to the Honorable Thad Cochran, Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human - Expanding Louisiana Preschools
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
March 26, 2015
Stefanik Statement on Bipartisan Passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act
Rep. Elise Stefanik
March 26, 2015
Letter to Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions - Early Childhood Education
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
March 23, 2015
Extending Condolences to the Sassoon Family of Brooklyn, New York, For Their Unspeakable Loss
Rep. Yvette Clarke
March 18, 2015
Letter to Speaker Boehner, Democratic Leader Pelosi, and Chairman Upton - Extension of the Children's Health Insurance Program
Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
March 18, 2015
Schumer: Congress Must Act ASAP So 275,000 NY Children Do Not Lose Their Low-Cost Health Insurance This Summer - Schumer Launches Effort to Extend Fed Funding That Helps Middle Class Families Afford Health Care For Their Children; Pushes Bill That Would Re-Up Children's Health Insurance Program Until 2019
Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 18, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $9 Million In Head Start Grants For Brooklyn & Staten Island
Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $1.3 Million in Head Start Funds for Glens Falls Organization
Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 11, 2015
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
March 11, 2015
Schumer Calls for New Legislation Requiring Safety Standards for Liquid Detergent Packets, Including Child-Safe Caps on All containers - Thousands of Children Remain At-Risk of Ingesting Colorful, Extra-Toxic Detergent Gel Pods Because of Easy-to-Open Lids
Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 10, 2015
Booker, Paul & Gillibrand Announce Bipartisan New Medical Marijuana Bill to Allow Patients -- Including Veterans -- to Access Necessary Care without Fear of Federal Prosecution
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 4, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $12 Million For Westchester And Rockland Head Start And Early Head Start Programs
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 4, 2015
Senate and House Democrats Introduce Bills to Put More Money in Pockets of Working Families, Reduce Costs of College, Child Care
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
March 4, 2015
Providing for Congressional Disapproval of a Rule Submitted by the National Labor Relations Board
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 27, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $3.3 Million in Head Start Funds for Dutchess County Organization
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 26, 2015
Student Success Act
Rep. Gregory Meeks
Feb. 23, 2015
Ahead Of National Debate On Child Nutrition Standards, Senator Gillibrand Pushes For Fresh Fruits And Vegetables At School & Announces Legislation To Provide More Students With Nutritious Meals When School Is Out For Summer
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 18, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $9 Million In Head Start Grants For Brooklyn & Staten Island
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 16, 2015
Schumer Urges Feds To Ban Sale Of New, Dangerous Synthetic Drugs Such As 'Cloud 9' That Have Cropped Up In Batavia Schools & Recently Sent 4 Local Students To The Hospital - Many Synthetic Drugs Shockingly Are Still Legal Despite Serious Health Concerns
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2015
Hatch Bill Improving Restitution for Victims of Child Pornography Clears the Senate
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 11, 2015
Amy And Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2015
Hatch-Schumer Bill Improving Restitution For Victims Of Child Pornography Clears The Senate
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2015
Letter to Chairman Charles Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, Senate Judiciary Committee - Hold Hearing on Sex Trafficking
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 10, 2015
Meng and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to Hold Forum in Queens on President Obama's Executive Action on Immigration
Rep. Grace Meng
Feb. 6, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $900k Head Start Grant For Community Action Of Orleans & Genesee
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 5, 2015
Schumer Re-Introduces Bill To Close Major Loophole In Fed Law That Prevents State And Local Law Enforcement From Aiding in Missing Children Search Efforts - With More Than 10k Upstate New York Children Going Missing Each Year, And Many Cases Still Unresolved, Schumer Urges Change In Law
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 4, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $1.2 Million Head Start Grant For Schenectady County
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 3, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $7 Million Head Start Grant For Monroe County
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 2, 2015
Gillibrand: President's Budget Important First Step For Middle Class Families & Important Investment To Fight Campus Sexual Assault
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 28, 2015
Schumer: The Children Of Vets Who Made The Greatest Sacrifice Should Receive At Least the Same Health Care Benefits as Everyone Else
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 21, 2015
Burr, Gillibrand Bill Empowers American Families to Better Meet Child Care Needs
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 19, 2015
Bill Will Create & Fund a Program To Provide Voluntary Tracking Devices for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Who Often Bolt From Parents, Caregivers or Schools
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 16, 2015
With New York Ranked Least-Affordable State For Child Care, Gillibrand Announces New Bipartisan Legislation To Ease Burden Of Sky-High Child Care Costs For Working Families
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Dec. 17, 2014
More of Crime Victims Fund to Go to Crime Victims
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Director of Health and Human Services - Protect LGBT Unaccompanied Minors
Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
Dec. 12, 2014
In New York State, Newborn Screenings Are Conducted on A Quarter of a Million Babies Born Each Year; Without Reauthorization of Fed Funding, Screening Programs at NY's Wadsworth Center - Which Leads Testing, Screening & Research Programs - Was In Jeopardy
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 10, 2014
Governor Cuomo Announces $25 Million to Expand Pre-K in Communities With High Student Needs
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Dec. 4, 2014
Schumer Announces, After His Push, Legislation to Improve Research & Reporting Protocols on 'Sudden Death in the Young' Clears Congress, Heads to the President's Desk
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Nov. 21, 2014
Schumer Announces, After His Push, Legislation to Improve Research & Reporting Protocols on 'Sudden Death in the Young' Has Just Passed the Senate
Sen. Chuck Schumer
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June 8, 2015
As Congress Debates Child Nutrition Standards, Gillibrand & Tonko Push for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables at School & Announce Legislation to Provide More Students with Nutritious Meals When School is Out for Summer
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 27, 2015
Letter to Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - Family Detention
Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
May 26, 2015
Schumer: Children Across NYC Are vulnerable To Identity Thieves; Kids Under 18 Are Easy Targets Because Their Credit Reports Are Often Clean & Unmonitored; Senator to Introduce Legislation That Will Automatically Freeze Credit For Kids -- Until Parents Unfreeze It -- Will Protect Kids From Several Types Of ID Theft
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 26, 2015
Governor Cuomo Announces $30 Million for Summer Youth Employment
Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
May 19, 2015
Members of New York Congressional Delegation Join Governor Cuomo's Raise the Age Campaign
Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
May 19, 2015
Gillibrand Introduces New Legislation to End Discrimination Against Potential LGBT Adoptive and Foster Parents Based on Their Sexual Orientation & Open More Loving Homes to Children Being Left Behind
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 17, 2015
Gillibrand, Families, Advocates Announce New Legislation to End Discrimination Against Potential LGBT Adoptive And Foster Parents Based on Their Sexual Orientation; Opening More Loving homes to Children Being Left Behind
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 13, 2015
Schumer: Children Are Vulnerable To Identity Theives; Kids Under 18 Are Easy Targets Because Their Credit Reports Are often Clean And Unmonitored; Senator To Introduce Legislation That Will Automatically Freeze Credit For Kids - Until Parents Unfreeze It - Will Protect Kids From Several Types Of ID Theft
Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 22, 2015
With Asthma Affecting Nearly Half a Million New York Children, Gillibrand Announces New Legislation to Ensure Schools Prepare For & Prevent Asthma Attacks
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
April 21, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Protect Syrian Women and Girls
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 16, 2015
Schumer Announces Over 270,000 New York Kids Will Keep Their Low-Cost Health Insurance, After Risk Of Losing It This Summer; Senator Led Major Effort To Pass Critical Legislation Extending Fed Funding Will Now Helps Middle Class Families Continue To Afford Their Kids' Health Care
Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 30, 2015
Letter to the Honorable Thad Cochran, Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human - Expanding Louisiana Preschools
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
March 26, 2015
Stefanik Statement on Bipartisan Passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act
Rep.Elise Stefanik
March 26, 2015
Letter to Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions - Early Childhood Education
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
March 23, 2015
Extending Condolences to the Sassoon Family of Brooklyn, New York, For Their Unspeakable Loss
Rep.Yvette Clarke
March 18, 2015
Letter to Speaker Boehner, Democratic Leader Pelosi, and Chairman Upton - Extension of the Children's Health Insurance Program
Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
March 18, 2015
Schumer: Congress Must Act ASAP So 275,000 NY Children Do Not Lose Their Low-Cost Health Insurance This Summer - Schumer Launches Effort to Extend Fed Funding That Helps Middle Class Families Afford Health Care For Their Children; Pushes Bill That Would Re-Up Children's Health Insurance Program Until 2019
Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 18, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $9 Million In Head Start Grants For Brooklyn & Staten Island
Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $1.3 Million in Head Start Funds for Glens Falls Organization
Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 11, 2015
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
March 11, 2015
Schumer Calls for New Legislation Requiring Safety Standards for Liquid Detergent Packets, Including Child-Safe Caps on All containers - Thousands of Children Remain At-Risk of Ingesting Colorful, Extra-Toxic Detergent Gel Pods Because of Easy-to-Open Lids
Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 10, 2015
Booker, Paul & Gillibrand Announce Bipartisan New Medical Marijuana Bill to Allow Patients -- Including Veterans -- to Access Necessary Care without Fear of Federal Prosecution
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 4, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $12 Million For Westchester And Rockland Head Start And Early Head Start Programs
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 4, 2015
Senate and House Democrats Introduce Bills to Put More Money in Pockets of Working Families, Reduce Costs of College, Child Care
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
March 4, 2015
Providing for Congressional Disapproval of a Rule Submitted by the National Labor Relations Board
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 27, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $3.3 Million in Head Start Funds for Dutchess County Organization
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 26, 2015
Student Success Act
Rep.Gregory Meeks
Feb. 23, 2015
Ahead Of National Debate On Child Nutrition Standards, Senator Gillibrand Pushes For Fresh Fruits And Vegetables At School & Announces Legislation To Provide More Students With Nutritious Meals When School Is Out For Summer
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 18, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $9 Million In Head Start Grants For Brooklyn & Staten Island
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 16, 2015
Schumer Urges Feds To Ban Sale Of New, Dangerous Synthetic Drugs Such As 'Cloud 9' That Have Cropped Up In Batavia Schools & Recently Sent 4 Local Students To The Hospital - Many Synthetic Drugs Shockingly Are Still Legal Despite Serious Health Concerns
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2015
Hatch Bill Improving Restitution for Victims of Child Pornography Clears the Senate
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 11, 2015
Amy And Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2015
Hatch-Schumer Bill Improving Restitution For Victims Of Child Pornography Clears The Senate
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2015
Letter to Chairman Charles Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, Senate Judiciary Committee - Hold Hearing on Sex Trafficking
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 10, 2015
Meng and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to Hold Forum in Queens on President Obama's Executive Action on Immigration
Rep.Grace Meng
Feb. 6, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $900k Head Start Grant For Community Action Of Orleans & Genesee
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 5, 2015
Schumer Re-Introduces Bill To Close Major Loophole In Fed Law That Prevents State And Local Law Enforcement From Aiding in Missing Children Search Efforts - With More Than 10k Upstate New York Children Going Missing Each Year, And Many Cases Still Unresolved, Schumer Urges Change In Law
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 4, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $1.2 Million Head Start Grant For Schenectady County
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 3, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $7 Million Head Start Grant For Monroe County
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 2, 2015
Gillibrand: President's Budget Important First Step For Middle Class Families & Important Investment To Fight Campus Sexual Assault
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 28, 2015
Schumer: The Children Of Vets Who Made The Greatest Sacrifice Should Receive At Least the Same Health Care Benefits as Everyone Else
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 21, 2015
Burr, Gillibrand Bill Empowers American Families to Better Meet Child Care Needs
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 19, 2015
Bill Will Create & Fund a Program To Provide Voluntary Tracking Devices for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Who Often Bolt From Parents, Caregivers or Schools
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 16, 2015
With New York Ranked Least-Affordable State For Child Care, Gillibrand Announces New Bipartisan Legislation To Ease Burden Of Sky-High Child Care Costs For Working Families
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Dec. 17, 2014
More of Crime Victims Fund to Go to Crime Victims
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Director of Health and Human Services - Protect LGBT Unaccompanied Minors
Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
Dec. 12, 2014
In New York State, Newborn Screenings Are Conducted on A Quarter of a Million Babies Born Each Year; Without Reauthorization of Fed Funding, Screening Programs at NY's Wadsworth Center - Which Leads Testing, Screening & Research Programs - Was In Jeopardy
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 10, 2014
Governor Cuomo Announces $25 Million to Expand Pre-K in Communities With High Student Needs
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Dec. 4, 2014
Schumer Announces, After His Push, Legislation to Improve Research & Reporting Protocols on 'Sudden Death in the Young' Clears Congress, Heads to the President's Desk
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Nov. 21, 2014
Schumer Announces, After His Push, Legislation to Improve Research & Reporting Protocols on 'Sudden Death in the Young' Has Just Passed the Senate
Sen.Chuck Schumer
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