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Chuck Schumer's Public Statements on Issue: Defense

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02/28/2013 Graham Introduces Resolution Expressing Support for U.S.-Israeli Relationship & Concerns about Iranian Nuclear Program
12/21/2012 Schumer, Who Has Long Led Efforts to Deliver for Fort Drum, Lauds Latest Success as a "Shot in the Arm for the North Country Economy"
12/21/2012 Schumer Played Key Role In Pushing For Amendment's Passage With Committee Leadership
07/31/2012 Sen. Franken Leads Bipartisan Group of Senators on Amendment to Cybersecurity Act that Would Protect Privacy of Consumers
07/24/2012 Schumer Secures Commitment from Dept. of Defense that Military Steel Will Be 100% Made in the USA - Feds Agree to Reverse Rule that Allowed U.S. Military to Buy Steel from Around the Globe, Hurting Steel Producers Like Western NY's Buffalo Armory
06/18/2012 Schumer Announces L-3 Global Communications Systems Awarded $500 Million in Department of Defense Contract for Satellite Data Network Family of Terminals
05/24/2012 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $6.1 Million Investment for Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station Construction Project Clears Key Senate & House Committees -- Military Construction Project Will Build Facility for State-Of The-Art Flight Simulator on Base
05/24/2012 With One of Two New York Terrorism Emergency Task Forces At-Risk of Being Cut from Defense Budget, Gillibrand And Schumer Announce Key Senate Committee Passes Provision to Preserve New York's National Guard WMD Civil Support Teams
05/24/2012 Schumer, Gillibrand Secure Key Committee Approval of Nearly $140 Million for Construction at Fort Drum
05/24/2012 Gillibrand, Schumer Secure Key Committee Approval of More Than $190 Million to Build New Barracks at West Point
05/22/2012 Schumer Announces Utica's USA Sewing Wins over $3.5 Million Federal Contract that will Bring 100 New Jobs to Utica
05/15/2012 Schumer: Investment Would Bring High-Tech Work & Jobs to RIT & Bolster Rochester's R&D Sector
04/26/2012 Schumer: Border Security Station And NFARS Are A Perfect Match --New Operations are Key to Preserving NFARS's Long-Term Success
02/16/2012 At Schumer's Urging, U.S. Coast Guard & Law Enforcement Will Meet with Hudson Valley Boaters to Address Plan to Prevent Repeated & Unnecessary Boater Stoppages on the Hudson River
02/15/2012 Schumer: Infrastructure Bill Moving Through Congress Shouldn't Leave Port of Oswego Out to Dry; Pushes to Included Bill to Free-Up Army Corps Funds for Dredging Projects
02/10/2012 Schumer, Gillibrand Introduce Legislation to Ensure U.S. Military Buys Steel Made in America--Rather than China--For Armor Plates
01/27/2012 Schumer, Gillibrand, Bloomberg, Velazquez, Towns, Markowitz Announce Final Transfer of Brooklyn Navy Yard's Admirals Row Site from Feds to New York City, Clearing Way for Construction of Area's First Major Supermarket and the Creation of Hundreds of Jobs
01/09/2012 Schumer: New Bureaucratic Squabble Could Freeze Additional Growth at Watervilet Arsenal for as Much as Two Years, Preventing Creating of Hundreds of New Jobs -- Senator Pushes Army to Keep Plan for New Development Moving Forward
12/02/2011 Senate Passes Udall-Schumer 'Buy American' Solar Amendment for Defense Dept.
08/24/2011 Navy has Agreed to Anchor U.S.S. New York Off Manhattan for 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Ceremony
08/18/2011 Schumer Unveils Major Push to Make CNSE's STC in Canandaigua a Chip Fab Manufacturing Center that Could Bring Hundreds More Jobs
07/25/2011 Counterfeiting of Military Technology is Putting Troops Lives at Risk and Could Threaten Syracuse Companies like Lockheed, SRC, Sensis, & C Speed - Schumer Pushes Legislation to crackdown on Makers of Fake Military Parts
07/14/2011 Schumer Convinces Defense Department to Act on Pricing Policy, Helping Save 30 Rochester Jobs Held by Disabled Workers, Veterans-New Policy Will Allow Rochester Non-Profit Unistel to Employ Additional Vets
06/01/2011 Schumer to DOD: Put Newburgh at Top of List for Unused Military Equipment to Help Newburgh PD Battle Crime, Drug Violence - Pushes Defense Department to Boost Newburgh PD's Ability to Keep City Safe
03/15/2011 Schumer, Hinchey Announce BAE Systems Controls Receives Navy Award Totaling Nearly $13 Million for Defensive Weapons System
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