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Chuck Schumer's Public Statements on Issue: Drugs

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01/04/2024 SCHUMER REVEALS: THANKS TO THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, NEW YORK SENIORS NOW, FOR FIRST TIME EVER, HAVE A CAP ON THEIR MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG SPENDING HELPING LOWER COSTS FOR 3+ MILLION NY-ERS ON MEDICARE AND SAVING SENIORS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON HEALTHCARE
08/08/2023 SCHUMER ANNOUNCES MAJOR PUSH TO UPEND FLOW OF FENTANYL IN NORTH COUNTRY -- REVEALING NEW FEDERAL EFFORTS TO SANCTION CHINA FOR ITS ROLE IN SPREADING FENTANYL & DELIVER RESOURCES TO COMBAT OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC, WHICH HAS TRAGICALLY IMPACTED PLATTSBURGH & CLINTON COUNTY
08/01/2023 SCHUMER ANNOUNCES MAJOR PUSH TO UPEND FLOW OF FENTANYL IN WESTERN NEW YORK & FINGER LAKES-ROCHESTER AREA -- REVEALING NEW FEDERAL EFFORTS TO SANCTION CHINA FOR ITS ROLE IN SPREADING FENTANYL & DELIVER RESOURCES TO COMBAT OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC, WHICH HAS HAMMERED ORLEANS COUNTY AND WESTERN NY
03/18/2022 Tweet - "Senator Booker is absolutely right. The War on Drugs has been a war on people--particularly people of color. Our bill will end the federal prohibition, make criminal justice reforms, and invest in the communities most impacted by the War on Drugs."
11/23/2021 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $500,000 In Federal Funding For Substance Use Disorder Recovery Services In Delaware And Otsego Counties
09/27/2021 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $36 Million In Federal Funding For Mental Health Treatment And Research Centers Across Upstate New York
07/14/2021 Majority Leader Schumer, Senate Finance Committee Chair Wyden And Senator Booker Release Discussion Draft Of Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act, Legislation To End The Federal Cannabis Prohibition And Unfair Targeting Of Communities Of Color
06/20/2019 Brown Secures China Fentanyl Sanctions in Key Defense Bill
04/19/2019 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $86 Million In Federal Funding For Columbia University To Work With Hard Hit Ny Counties To Combat Spiking Opioid Epidemic Deaths
04/26/2018 Rubio, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Law Enforcement Detect Fentanyl, Protect Officers
10/27/2017 Schumer Announces: After His Push, Special DEA Enforcement Team Now Headed To New York; Team Will Combat Opioid Crisis Across Entire State; Dose Of New Agents Will Fight Flow & Scourge Of Heroin, Fentanyl And Other Deadly Drugs; Overdose Rates Here Now Among Highest In Nation
07/13/2017 Schumer Announces Over $400k In Fed Funding For Erie County Family Treatment Drug Court Enhancement Initiative
06/30/2017 Schumer: With Opioid Crisis Raging In Steuben, Chemung And Schuyler Counties, Now Exacerbated By Fentanyl, Senator Pushes Bipartisan Legislation To Provide Feds With More Border Agents, New Portable Labs And Other High-tech Tools To Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico
06/30/2017 Schumer: With Opioid Crisis Still Raging In Central New York, Now Exacerbated By Fentanyl, Senator Pushes Bipartisan Legislation To Provide Feds With More Border Agents, New Portable Labs And Other High-tech Tools To Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico
06/28/2017 Schumer: Senate GOP Healthcare Bill Could Accelerate and Worsen the Severe Opioid Crisis Across Upstate New York; Senator Will Launch a Major Effort to Protect Critical Funding for Thousands of New Yorkers Who Desperately Need Heroin & Opioid Treatment Programs
05/16/2017 Amidst White House Plan to Axe Vital Drug Prevention Office that Oneida County Desperately Needs, Schumer Renews Push to Designate Oneida County as a 'High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area'; Oneida County's HIDTA Application Now Hangs in the Balance
05/08/2017 Schumer: With Dangerous Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Spreading in Upstate NY & Overdoses Dramatically Rising, Senator Pushes to Reverse White House's Proposed Elimination of Drugs Trafficking Program - Will Hurt Local Law Enforcement
05/07/2017 Schumer: Lethal Fentanyl Now Entering NY in Record Amounts Exacerbating Opioid Crisis; Senator Pushes New Fed Plan to Deliver More Border Agents, Rapid Test Labs & Other High-Tech Tools to Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Before it Hits NY's Streets
05/05/2017 Schumer: Opioid Crisis Still Raging on Long Island; Now Exacerbated by Fentanyl; Senator Pushes New Plan to Deliver More Border Agents, Rapid Test Labs & Other High-Tech Tools to Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico Before it Hits the Streets
05/02/2017 Schumer Helps Secure Major Victories to Combat Heroin-opioid Epidemic on Long Island in Recently Announced Federal Budget
04/21/2017 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $25 Million in Federal Funding to Combat Opioid Epidemic in New York State
04/11/2017 Schumer: With Opioid Crisis Still Raging in Rochester, Now Exacerbated by Fentanyl, Senator Pushes New Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Feds With More Border Agents, New Portable Labs and Other High-tech Tools to Intercept Illicit Fentanyl From China & Mexico
10/13/2016 Schumer Announces, After His Push, New Crime Fighting Resources Coming To Niagara County With Designation Of County As "high Intensity Drug Trafficking Area" -- Designation Will Now Mean Additional Resources To Fight Scourge & Help Disrupt Trafficking
05/02/2016 Schumer Urges Major Pharmacy Chains and Other Independent Pharmacies to Join Walgreens and Install Convenient Take-Back Kiosks to Get Addicting Drugs Out of Medicine Cabinets
03/18/2016 Schumer: Crouse Hospital In Syracuse Should Be Site Of Federal Forum To Address Growing Prescription Drug Abuse & Heroin Epidemic
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