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Chuck Schumer's Public Statements on Issue: Family

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02/19/2024 SCHUMER: AS UPSTATE NY PEDIATRICIANS FACE SHORTAGES OF NEW RSV IMMUNIZATION FOR KIDS, SENATOR CALLS FOR ACTION NOW; SCHUMER PUSHES HIS TWO-PRONGED PLAN FOR FEDS AND MANUFACTURERS TO GET ALL HANDS-ON DECK TO ADDRESS SHORTAGE AND DELIVER NEEDED DOSES FOR ROCHESTER & FINGER LAKES PEDIATRICIANS AND FAMILIES TO COMBAT RSV
02/13/2024 FOLLOWING SUDDEN CLOSURE OF SULLIVAN COUNTY HEAD START CENTER THAT’S LEFT FAMILIES SCRAMBLING FOR CHILDCARE, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO TAKE ALL AVAILBLE MEASURES TO EXPEDITE ALL REQUESTS AND DEVELOP LONG-TERM PLAN FOR NEW STABLE CHILDCARE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY
06/27/2022 Schumer Announces Critical Extension of School Lunch & Child Nutrition Waivers Has Been Signed Into Law Keeping School Meals Free for Over 800,000 New York Students; Waivers Were Set to Expire This Week, but New Bill Will Help Schools Keep Kids Fed Throughout the Summer
12/10/2021 Majority Leader Schumer Statement On The Consumer Price Index Report And The Need To Pass The Build Back Better Act
11/12/2021 Schumer Reveals: Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Will Bring Vital Funding Needed to Address Rochester's 25,000 Lead Pipes & Accelerate Lead Pipe Removal 3x Faster; Standing Home, Schumer Reveals Over $15 Billion to Help Eliminate Lead Pipes and Ensure Rochester Children & Families Get the Clean Drinking Water They Deserve
07/15/2021 TRANSCRIPT: Majority Leader Schumer Remarks At Press Conference On The First Day Of Child Tax Credit Payments Thanks To The American Rescue Plan: Democrats Are The Party Of Tax Cuts For The Middle Class
07/16/2020 Cardin, Schumer, Senate Democrats Announce Historic Proposal For $350 Billion Investment In Communities Of Color
06/30/2020 Senators Murray, Schumer, Democrats Introduce $430 Billion Coronavirus Relief Bill to Address National Child Care and Education Crises as Democrats Urge Republicans to Act on Bold COVID-19 Relief
12/09/2019 Schumer secures paid parental leave for +114,000 New York Fed employees in final defense authorization bill; expected to pass congress this week, 12 weeks paid parental leave for all +2 million fed workers across the nation for the first time in U.S. history
11/19/2019 Schumer meets with leadership from one of Sullivan County's top employers, center for discovery, and vows to assist top-notch organization as it constructs sorely-needed and first-of-its-kind specialty children's hospital
11/18/2019 Schumer: Federal flavored e-cig ban newly revealed to be on life support; standing with Western New York kids, senator demands Feds move forward with the plan, include all flavors & immediately finalize ban
10/20/2019 Schumer urges FDA to investigate new report showing medley of toxic metals in baby foods; Feds have not moved to set regs that would force industry to address exposures & alleviate concerns for health of our youngest; parents are rightfully anxious
10/29/2018 Wyden, Durbin, Murray & Colleagues Urge FDA to Protect Kids from Tobacco Use and Addiction
03/28/2018 Federal Spending Bill Will Include Schumer-Originated Bill that Allows Camps & Children Orgs. to Gain Access to FBI Sex Offender Background Checks on New Employees and Volunteers, Adding an Additional Layer of Protection and Safety for Children Nationwide
03/22/2018 Schumer: "Kevin & Avonte's Law" Will Help Parents And Caregivers Keep Track Of At-Risk Loved Ones Prone To Wandering Away
12/22/2017 Schumer Announces Senate Passage of "Kevin & Avonte's Law"; Schumer's Bill Would Help Locate Children with Autism Who Wander from the Safety of Their Caregivers; Senator Now Calls for Swift Passage in the House
06/08/2016 Schumer Reveals: Current Federal Laws Are Preventing Upstate New York Summer Camps And Children's Orgs From Gaining Access To FBI Sex Offender Background Checks On New Employees And Volunteers
12/17/2014 More of Crime Victims Fund to Go to Crime Victims
06/18/2014 Schumer Statement on Kidnapping of Three Boys in Israel
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