Assembly Will Barclay
Barclay: 2021 Legislative Session
Statement from Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay on the 2021 Legislative Session
Politics
US Senator Chuck Schumer
Schumer Announces Senate Passage Of U.S. Innovation And Competition Act
After a year of staunch advocacy to secure the domestic semiconductor and microelectronic supply line and make historic investments in federal R&D and innovation, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced senate passage of the U.S. Competition and Innovation Act.
Katko
Katko Reintroduces Measure To Deliver Assistance To Communities Impacted By Flooding
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R, NY-24) today reintroduced the Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act, legislation that would strengthen the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) ability to provide federal relief to disaster-impacted communities, including Lake Ontario’s shoreline communities.
Katko
Katko Leads Congressional Push to Designate Finger Lakes Region as a National Heritage Area
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R, NY-24) today, alongside Members of Congress representing Central and Western New York, led a bipartisan effort in support of the designation of New York’s Finger Lakes region as a National Heritage Area (NHA).
Katko
Katko Issues Statement On President Biden’s Budget Proposal
U.S. Rep. John Katko (NY-24), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, issued the following statement on President Biden’s FY2022 budget proposal for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS):
US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Gillibrand, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation To Stop Polluters From Contaminating Waterways With Toxic Levels Of PFAS
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representatives Chris Pappas (D-NH) and Antonio Delgado (D-NY) reintroduced their bicameral Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act, which would regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals under the Clean Water Act to finally stop manufacturers and other polluters from contaminating our nation’s waterways with toxic levels of PFAS.
US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Gillibrand Reintroduces Safe School Meals For Kids Act
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, reintroduced the Safe School Meals for Kids Act to eliminate harmful pesticides from produce served in kids’ school meals.
Katko
Katko Leads Effort To Support Nation’s Veterans, Servicemembers By Reintroducing Bills Inspired By CNY Veterans
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.
US Senator Chuck Schumer
Schumer Makes Push To Build New Micron Memory Fab In Upstate New York
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.
US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Gillibrand Announces Senate Passage Of Amendment Calling For Transparent, Thorough Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins
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.