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Katko Leads Effort To Support Nation’s Veterans, Servicemembers By Reintroducing Bills Inspired By CNY Veterans

May 28, 2021 Contributor
Ahead of Memorial Day, U.S. Rep. John Katko (NY-24) today reintroduced the Lawrence J. Hackett Jr. Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Fairness Act and the William Becker Promoting Careers in Aviation for America’s Veterans Act, two bipartisan measures inspired by Central New York veterans that provide relief and support to veterans and returning servicemembers.

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Senator Charles Schumer unveils the NRC’s new security measures. With the senator are, from left, county legislator Mary Flett and Amy Tresidder, and Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman.
US Senator Chuck Schumer

Schumer Makes Push To Build New Micron Memory Fab In Upstate New York

May 27, 2021 Contributor
After filing the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act last week, which combines his Endless Frontiers Act, other bipartisan competitiveness bills, and $52 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations to implement the semiconductor-related manufacturing and R&D programs authorized in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act and a program to support legacy chip production that is essential to the auto industry, the military, and other critical industries, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer met with Micron Technology President and CEO, Sanjay Mehrotra, to pitch Micron to locate a future plant in Upstate New York.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand Announces Senate Passage Of Amendment Calling For Transparent, Thorough Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins

May 27, 2021 Contributor
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan amendment offered by U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Roger Marshall M.D. (R-KS) that calls for transparency into the World Health Organization’s (WHO) potentially flawed report on the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak, which largely dismissed the possibility that the virus had accidentally escaped from a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan.

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Katko

Katko Renews Push For Expanded Lead Screening For CNY Children

May 27, 2021 Contributor
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R, NY-24) today reintroduced the Preventing Lead Poisoning Act, bipartisan legislation that would expand testing for lead exposure among children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), helping to combat the severe and life-long effects of lead poisoning.

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