Charles E. Schumer

Asks Regulators To Change Focus To Mortgage Market—Only Way To Solve Crisis Of Confidence; Non-Bank Lenders Who Sell Off Mortgages Have Left Distressed Homeowners With No Workout Options; Regulators, Private Industry Must Step into Breach to Defray Crisis

August 22, 2007 -- Washington, DC—Today, Senator Charles E.    » read more »

City of Buffalo, Town Of Cheektowaga, City of Lackawanna and Erie County Will Use Federal Funds For Improvements in Crime Prevention Programs

August 21, 2007 -- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that $492,547 has been awarded to several cities in Erie County by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program. The federal funds will be used by the City of Buffalo, Town of Cheektowaga, City of Lackawanna and Erie County to improve a variety of crime control and prevention programs.    » read more »

As Nation's Largest Lender Becomes Latest Casualty of Credit-Market Turmoil, Schumer Renews Call for Bush Administration to Allow GSEs to Help Ease Liquidity Crisis

August 16, 2007 -- As signs of distress continue to mount in the credit markets—with the nation’s largest lender, Countrywide, forced to draw from its emergency credit facility—Senator Charles E. Schumer today renewed his call on the Bush administration to immediately lift the portfolio cap on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to help ease the liquidity concerns in the mortgage markets.    » read more »

Require States To Submit Information To National Database; Would Require Mental Health Information Be Turned Over to the Feds and Shared Between State to Ensure Guns are Not Sold to Dangerous Individuals; Had This Practice Already Been In Place, the Tragic Shooting at Virginia Tech Might Have Been Prevented

August 2, 2007 -- Today, Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that a school safety legislative package including his plan to tighten background checks for gun purchasers made its first step towards becoming law.    » read more »

With House & Senate Passage, Schumer Legislation Will Allow Dept. of State to Hire Back Foreign Service Employees Who Are Trained Passport Processors; Passport Application Explosion Creating Unprecedented Backlog Across The Country, Ruined Countless Vacations; State Says Up To 100 Workers Will Be Hired As a Direct Result of Schumer Bill

July 16, 2007 -- With staggering backlogs at passport processing centers across the country, U.S. Senator Charles E.    » read more »

Fiscal Year 2008 Transportation Bill Appropriates $176 Million More than 2007; Committee Bill Gives Amtrak $1.37 Billion Plus a $100 Million Grant Program to Match State Funds—a Total of Nearly $1.5 Billion

July 13, 2007 -- Washington, DC - Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton welcomed the decision by the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday to provide $1.37 billion in funding for Amtrak in the coming fiscal year, plus $100 million for a grant program that matches state funds for intercity passenger rail operations.    » read more »

With Its State Of The Art Facilities, Top-Flight Workers and Strategic Proximity to Canada, Plattsburgh is Well Positioned to be a Competitive Shipping Center; Plattsburgh Aeronautical Institute Plans To Enhance Local Aeronautic Workforce by Securing a Donated, Retired Boeing 727 From FedEx To Train Students

July 10, 2007 -- With the Plattsburgh International Airport well positioned to be a competitive shipping center, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged FedEx to consider the airport as a potential hub for processing and shipping trans-border transactions.    » read more »

Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development

June 26, 2007 -- "I want to welcome everyone to this critical hearing on “Ending Mortgage Abuse: Safeguarding Homebuyers” and thank the witnesses who are appearing before the Subcommittee today. Many of the members of this Committee, including myself, know first hand about the rising home foreclosures that are devastating communities in our home states. The big question is why? Is it really “the economy, stupid”? Is it as simple as lack of borrower education?    » read more »

Syracuse-To-Atlanta Air Service Plagued By Soaring Fares, Fewer Flights; Recent Service Cuts have Shrunk Daily Route Capacity from 630 to Less than 300 Passengers, Sent Ticket Prices Spiraling to as High as $1400, and Left Central New Yorkers Jam-Packed on Small Aircrafts

June 5, 2007 -- With Delta Air Lines service between Syracuse, NY and Atlanta, GA, plagued by decreased capacity and skyrocketing fares, today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer called on the airline’s CEO Gerald Grinstein to upgrade air service between the two cities.    » read more »

Schumer Introduces Plan To Require Buildings Across The Nation To Dramatically Increase Energy Efficiency Following Proposal That Bloomberg Introduced In NYC; Schumer and Bloomberg Announce Coordinated Federal and Local Initiatives to Drastically Reduce the Amount of Energy Wasted in Buildings by 30%; Increasing Energy Efficiency in Buildings is One of the Quickest and Most Effective Ways to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Energy Consumption - Buildings Account for 40% of All Energy Used in US

Today Senator Charles E. Schumer, standing with Mayor Michael R.    » read more »

Border Patrol Is Understaffed And Overworked; TB Traveler was Allowed to Cross Plattsburgh Border Despite U.S.    » read more »

Standing with Health Care Leaders, Schumer Reveals that 1 in 3 Doctors Are Set to Retire by 2020 with Not Nearly Enough Med Students in the Pipeline to Fill the Void; With Demand for Physician Services Skyrocketing, Schumer Legislation Would Double Funding to Vital Programs to Attract New, Young Doctors to Underserved Areas

May 30, 2007 -- Standing with local health care leaders, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer unveiled new legislation to address the severe physician shortage facing the Watertown and North Country areas and countless other regions across New York State.    » read more »

Projects Included in Water Resources Development Act

May 29, 2007 -- Washington, DC — Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced that $25 million for projects to upgrade sewer and other wastewater facilities in five communities across New York State was included in the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (WRDA). WRDA was recently passed in the Senate and the bill will now go to a House and Senate Conference Committee to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill.    » read more »

Calls For Passage Of His Legislation; After Major Crashes in Oneida, East Rochester, and Selkirk This Year, and More than 500 Accidents Since 2000, Schumer Called for Long Over Due Congressional Inquiry

May 22, 2007 -- Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer testified before the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security to blast the railroad companies for turning a blind eye to safety and infrastructure problems in New York and across the country.    » read more »

Leave Lone Inspector Unable To Keep Pace With Company's Growth; A Recent Decision to Reduce Inspectors at Beech Nut's Canajoharie Plant is Slowing Down Production and Could Hamper Plans for Future Expansion; Senator Requests USDA Immediately Assign a Second Full-Time Inspection Shift So Beech Nut can Operate at Peak Performance

May 22, 2007 -- Today, U.S. Senator Charles E.    » read more »