January 23, 2024
CBS New York is reporting that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is strongly opposed to a new type of nicotine, called Zyn. “It’s a pouch packed with problems,” Schumer said. “Zyn has high levels of nicotine, so today, I’m delivering a warning to parents, because these nicotine pouches seem to lock their sites on young kids, teenagers and even younger. Then social media gets used to hook them,” Schumer stated.
November 21, 2023
Senator Chuck Schumer is working on passing a law to allow members of the military to be able to get a retirement and disability at the same time. “I stood with vets in the North Country to push for the Major Richard Star Act to finally allow our combat-injured vets to receive disability compensation and retirement pay at the same time,” Schumer said, late this morning. “This is a bipartisan solution to rectify this injustice.”
From CBO.Gov: The Major Richard Star Act would permit certain veterans with qualifying combat-related disabilities who are eligible for military retirement and veterans’ disability compensation to receive the full amount of both of those benefits.
From Congress.Gov: This bill provides that combat-disabled uniformed services retirees with fewer than 20 years of creditable service may concurrently receive, without reduction, veterans’ disability compensation and retired pay or combat-related special compensation.
November 4, 2023
Democrat US Senator Chuck Schumer says the new chief of Naval Operations is from Rochester. Admiral Lisa Franchetti is a graduate of Pittsford-Mendon High School, and Schumer says Franchetti is the first woman ever to lead to US Navy. “New York is so proud of Admiral Franchetti,” Schumer said.
From the Defense Dept. website:
Her operational tours include auxiliaries officer and first division officer on USS Shenandoah (AD 44); navigator and jumboization coordinator onboard USS Monongahela (AO 178); operations officer on USS Moosbrugger (DD 980); combat systems officer and chief staff officer for Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2; executive officer of USS Stout (DDG 55); and assistant surface operations officer on USS George Washington Strike Group. She commanded USS Ross (DDG 71) and DESRON-21, embarked on USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). She also served as commander of Pacific Partnership 2010, embarked on USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).
Ashore, Franchetti’s assignments include commander, Naval Reserve Center Central Point, Oregon; aide to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations; protocol officer for the commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; 4th Battalion officer at the U.S. Naval Academy; division chief, Joint Concept Development and Experimentation, on the Joint Staff, J7; deputy director of International Engagement and executive assistant to N3/N5 on the Navy staff; and military assistant to the Secretary of the Navy.
Her flag assignments include commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea; commander, Carrier Strike Group 9; commander, Carrier Strike Group 15; chief of staff, Strategy, Plans and Policy (J-5) Joint Staff; commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO; deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe; deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa; Joint Force Maritime Component Commander; deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development, N7; and director for Strategy, Plans and Policy (J-5), Joint Staff. Franchetti assumed the duties as Vice Chief of Naval Operations Sept. 2, 2022.
Her personal awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal (two awards), Legion of Merit (five awards), Meritorious Service Medal (five awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards).
September 18, 2023
Democrat US Senator Chuck Schumer says, congressional Democrats are trying to come up with a law to prevent the patent system from being used to raise drug prices. Schumer says this is done to make things like Insulin, more expensive. “Insulin was invented by a Canadian doctor named Banting in 1921,” Schumer said late last week during a telephone call with AARP and New York State residents. “He was a very charitable guy, and he sold the patent for one dollar, so that insulin wouldn’t cost much. So how did it end up costing $500, $600, $700 or $800? They (drug companies) try to come up with a new patent that’s the same drug, but they just dot an i, cross a t, a little differently. That is one of the things we hope to change in the next coming congress: the way that drug companies abuse the current patent system.”
August 6, 2023
Democrat U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer did a video chat with some California Semiconductor Industry leaders last week, to see if he can get them to invest in businesses in New York State. That’s according to the New York Times. The Times notes in their story that Schumer is a longtime critic of China on this issue, and the Times reports that Schumer is working to decrease American reliance on China.