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Travel: Chuck Around New York

Chuck travels around New York every year. He visits every 62 counties every year which he is continually meeting new constituents every time.  Already in 2015 he has been to 15 different counties. It looks like he likes to stay around and travel the state of New York to get in touch with his constituents better. Being New York is close to D.C. it doesn't take much of travel time to get there so that also means more time around his people in his home state. Here is a list of a few of the places where he has been and what he was doing in the area at that time. (To learn more about his whereabouts follow this link) http://www.schumer.senate.gov/chuck-around-new-york

• January 5, 2015,  pushed to establish a crop insurance program for Rochester-area farmers
• February 6, 2015, urged the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to add new synthetic drug chemical combinations that have emerged over the past several years in Batavia, NY
• February 9, 2015, urged Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expedite the approval of the town of Brookhaven's application to construct a new wastewater treatment plant
• February 17, 2015, announced war on heroin was raging in Oneida County and urged The President's Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to designate Oneida County as a federal High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) in Utica, NY
• February 19, 2015 visited Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station to urge  Amtrak to conduct an audit on all of its powerless to make sure they are safe and not in danger of the residents in Poughkeepsie, NY

Press Releases: Newsroom

Senator Schumer gets on many press releases. He has many situations that he feels strongly for. Issues involving medicare to adding more parks in a community, and then to realizing a heroin problem and how to try to stop it. It really shows how much he cares for his people in many different ways.  (To see the rest of his press releases follow this link) http://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases 

2.24.15 - Schumer, Gillibrand announce nearly  $700,000 in Federal Funds for new water infrastructure in Orleans County- Improvements to water mains, valves and hydrants to improve water quality 

2.24.15 - Schumer announces U.S. Postal Service has needed his call and agreed to undertake review process that could give Halfmoon its own zip code. This town is currently  split among four different towns' zip codes - review is critical first step toward preventing confusion that hinders emergency response and hurts local businesses

2.23.15 - Devastatingly dangerous heroin like 'China White', now being widely peddled in New York and over doses rapidly rising, Schumer moves to reverse President's cut in critical drug trafficking program; urges senate to reject president's budget request and raise HIDTA funding by $100M

12.12.14 - Senator Schumer floor speech on justice against sponsors of Terrorism Act

http://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/video/sen-schumer-floor-speech-on-justice-against-sponsors-of-terrorism-act

Legislation

Sponsored:

Bill Number S. 163: A bill to establish a grant program to help Senate and local law enforcement agencies reduce the risk of injury and death relating to the wandering characteristics of some children with autism and other disabilities

Bill Number S. 22: A bill for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical

Bill Number S. 2933: A bill to prohibit the unauthorized use of electronic tracking devices

Bill Number S. 2934: A bill to prohibit trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense

Bill Number S. 2935: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act

Cosponsored:

Bill Number S.Res. 37: A resolution supporting women's reproductive health care decisions

Bill Number S.Res. 38: A resolution relative to the death of Wendell H. Ford, former United States Senator for the Commonwealth of Kentucky 

Bill Number S. 229: Democracy is strengthened by Casting Light On Spendings in Election Act of 2015

(To see more bills he sponsored and co-sponsered follow this link)  http://www.schumer.senate.gov/legislation?c=all

Here is another link about his sponsorship that show how he relates with other Senators

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/charles_schumer/300087

Getting the Word Out

It looks like Senator Schumer likes the use of his social media websites like Twitter and Facebook as long with the use of his own website to let his constituents what he is up to. He likes to keep his constituents up to date on his whereabouts and what he is currently working on. To keep in touch with what he is doing to to contact him you can go to any of these places.

Charles E. Schumer: United States Senator for New York

"I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it."

Biographical Information - http://www.schumer.senate.gov/about-chuck 

Born: November 23, 1950 in Brooklyn, NY

Parents: Selma, who was a homemaker who was also active in the community and Abe who owned a small exterminating business 

Family: Charles (Chuck) Schumer has two siblings, Fran and Robert. He is married to Iris Weinshall and together they have two daughters, Jessica and Allison.

Education: Graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School in 1974

Career: At age 23 he ran for the New York State Assembly, the youngest member of State Legislature since Theodore Roosevelt. At age 29, Chuck ran and won the seat in the 9th Congressional District, which he represented for 18 years.Chuck authored the Omnibus Crime Bill, he was also the leading

sponsor of the Violence Against Women Act, and the Brady Bill. He co-wrote the Assault Weapons Ban, and sponsored the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. In 1998 chuck was elected to the U.S. Senate and became New York's senior senate. He was re-elected in 2004 and was awarded a seat on the Senate Finance Committee and was on the Chairmanship of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee which he lead for two consecutive cycles until the end of 2008. New Yorkers re-elected him for the third time in 2010 and took in an expanded role in the Senate as Chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Center.
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/week-sen-charles-schumer-21426855

Politcal Party: Democratic

Religion: Reform Judaism

Electoral Victory and Tenure- http://ballotpedia.org/Chuck_Schumer

Term: 1996 to current

Schumer was first elected to the Senate in 1998 and is currently serving his third term having won the election on November 2nd 2010. He is up for re-election on November 8th 2016. 

Before being elected to the Senate, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981-1999 and the New York State Assembly from 1975-1980.

Based on rankings, Charles Schumer is considered a safe vote for the Democratic Party in congress because he is one of the most reliable Democratic Votes.

New York: The Empire State

Statehood Granted: July 26, 1788

Population: 19.65 million

Major Cities: New York City, Rochester, Albany

Racial and Ethnic Background: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36000.html

The state racial composition in 2013 by the United States Census Bureau was:

• White: 70.9%
• Black or African American: 17.5%
• American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.0%
• Asian: 8.2%
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
• Two or more races: 2.3%
• Hispanic or Latino: 18.4%
• White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 57.2%

Religion: http://religions.pewforum.org/maps#

• Evangelical Protestant Tradition: 11%
• Mainline Protestant Tradition: 16%
• Historically Black Protestant Tradition: 5%
• Catholic Tradition: 39%
• Mormon Tradition: <0.5%
• Orthodox Tradition: 1%
• Jehovah's Wittness Tradition: 1%
• Other Christian Tradition's: <0.5%
• Jewish Tradition: 6%
• Muslim Tradition: 1%
• Buddhist Tradition: 1%
• Hindu Tradition: 1%
• Other World Religions: <0.5%
• Other Faiths: 1%
• Unaffiliated: 17%
• Don't know/ refused: 1%

Major Industries: Construction, Manufacturing, Financial Activities

Fun Facts:

• Niagara Falls is one of the seven wonders of the world.
• New York was the first state to require license plates for cars. 
• The first American chess tournament was held in New York in 1843.
• New York City has 578 miles of waterfront.
• Babe Ruth hit the first home run in Yankee Stadium in the first game ever played there.
• The Statue of Liberty is 101 feet tall from base to torch, 305 feet tall from pedestal foundation to torch. She has a 35-foot waist and an 8-foot index finger, and she weighs 450,000 pounds.