WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Brian Higgins, D-New York, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee's subcommittee on Trade and co-chair of the House Northern Border Caucus, issued the following statement on the approval of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement: "Western New York endured decades of negative economic decline and the loss of 30 thousand jobs in our manufacturing sector as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The impact of NAFTA cut deep - affecting families, neighbor  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - Schumer-Backed Registry Gets $1.5M Increase To Help Researchers Track, Treat And Eventually Thwart Connection Between Firefighters & Cancer - In July 2018, The Schumer-Backed National Firefighter Cancer Registry Was Signed Into Law, Which Aims To Inform Efforts To Protect The Lives Of Courageous First Responders Upstate * * * U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) announced that their amendment to raise and extend the federal funding cap for the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor to $14 million has been included in the soon-to-pass end of the year budget package. This is an increased funding cap of $2 million, without  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) announced that their amendment to raise and extend the federal funding cap for the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor to $14 million has been included in the soon-to-pass end of the year budget package. This is an increased funding cap of $2 million, without  more