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Chuck Schumer's Public Statements on Issue: Defense

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09/08/2023 SCHUMER ANNOUNCES UPSTATE DEFENSE CONSORTIUM AND CORNELL UNIVERSITY PROJECTS BOTH ADVANCE AS FINALISTS FOR HIGHLY COMPETITIVE DEFENSE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM; PROJECTS WOULD BOLSTER CENTRAL NY'S SEMICONDUCTOR & MICROELECTRONIC WORKFORCE, BOOST INNOVATION IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, AND STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY
11/29/2021 After Rejecting Agreement To Vote On 19 Amendments, Senate Republicans Block Bipartisan Defense Legislation Despite Bill's Inclusion Of Dozens Of GOP Amendments
06/22/2021 Schumer, Gillibrand, Morelle Announce: Rochester-Based Americom Selected By Dod To Launch Partnership That Will Boost Domestic Precision Optics Industry; Reps Led Charge To Secure Funding To Create Pilot Program & Revolutionize Optics Tech, Manufacturing, And Workforce
06/08/2021 Legislation to Clean Up PFAS at Military Installations With Highest Levels of Contamination
12/07/2020 Culminating His Major Push to Include First-Of-Its-Kind Semiconductor Amendment, Schumer Announces Massive Federal Initiative for Semiconductor Manufacturing in Final National Defense Bill -- to Create Unprecedented Federal Investment for Companies Like GlobalFoundries, IBM, and More, Generate New Jobs, and Kick Upstate Economy Into High Gear
06/11/2020 Top Democrats Introduce Law Enforcement Identification Act
06/27/2019 NDAA Bill Passes Senate with Brown's Fentanyl & North Korea Sanctions
05/23/2019 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce National Defense Bill That Just Passed Out of Committee Authorizes Over $40m in Funding for New Railhead and UAV Hangar at Fort Drum; Senators Say Projects Would Modernize Base Infrastructure, Enhance Readiness
03/28/2019 Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Senate Resolution Condemning Terrorist Attacks in New Zealand
01/17/2019 In a Personal Meeting with Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, Schumer Urges DOD to Execute Critical Infrastructure Upgrades at NFARS; Says Improvements Would Enhance Base's KC-135 Tanker Mission, Prime Base for Additional Missions
01/15/2019 In a Personal Meeting with Acting Secretary of Defense Shanahan, Schumer Urges Dod to Make Fort Drum Railhead Improvements a Top Priority; Project Would Modernize Base Infrastructure, Enhance Readiness
11/03/2017 Schumer: Harris Adding 30-40 Jobs In Rochester Thanks To New Army Radio Procurement; Harris To Receive Large Portion Of $90 Million U.s. Army Order; Work Will Be A Shot In The Arm For The Finger Lakes' Economy And Will Enhance Troop Communication
09/20/2017 Schumer Announces, After His Push, Senate National Defense Bill Includes A Provision Supporting The North Country's Norsk Titanium
09/20/2017 After Major Push, Schumer & Gillibrand Successfully Include Provisions Providing Authorization, Funding For Containment And Remediation Of Newburgh Pfoa & Pfos Water Contamination In The National Defense Bill
08/03/2017 Schumer, In Meeting With Secretary Of The Army Nominee, Dr. Mark Esper Urges Him, If Confirmed, To Continue Working With Harris Corp
08/01/2017 Schumer Announces $12 Million Army Order For Harris Manpack Radios; Work Will Be A Big Shot In The Arm For The Finger Lakes' Economy And Will Enhance Troop Communication
07/12/2017 During In-person Meeting, Schumer Presses Defense Secretary Jim Mattis To Deliver Kc-135 Flight Simulator To Nfars
06/21/2017 Schumer Urges Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson to Deliver KC-135 Flight Simulator to NFARS
05/05/2017 After Years of Work Protecting 1000+ Rome DFAS Jobs Against Ill-Conceived and Unjustified Efforts to Move Them, Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Current Pilot Program Designed to Potentially Move Those Jobs is Dead; Senators Say Jobs are Safe & There Will Be No Changes or Layoffs as a Result of Pilot
01/31/2017 Schumer Announces Lockheed Martin in Owego Awarded $66 Million Navy Contracts for Helicopter Avionics Systems and Radar Kits
12/13/2016 Schumer: Jobs at Klein Steel Are Threatened by Wrongheaded Effort to Roll Back "Buy America" Provision in Congress
10/13/2016 Schumer Launches Major Push To Secure Fed Investment That Will Support Upstate Jobs At Lockheed Martin; Senator Says Increasing F-35 Program Will Be Shot In The Arm For Region And Employees
05/25/2016 31 Senators Introduce NDAA Amendment To Block Commissary Privatization
05/16/2016 Senators Launch Campaign to Expand NFARS Training Facilities
05/16/2016 Schumer, Gillibrand Visit Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station; Senators Launch Campaign To Expand NFARS Training Facilities & Push For New Additions To Base That Will Lock In KC-135s-Like High-Tech Simulator To Train New Pilots-And Create Future Jobs
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