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Schumer Demands FAA Complete Top To Botom Review Of NY Airpsace IN Light Of Recent Crash And Terrorism Threat Within 90 Days
Following last week's tragic airplane accident on the Upper East Side which exposed gaping holes in New York City's aviation security and the city's vulnerability to terrorism, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today called on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to complete a top-to-bottom assessment of the New York airspace in the next 90 days. On Friday the FAA imposed a nwe regulation requiring pilots to seek
specific permission from air traffic control to fly over the East River corridor but did not look at a host of other security issues for the New York airspace. Today Schumer asked the FAA to complete this study and look at nine specific issues. He also demanded that the FAA focus on terrorism, not just safety when making new regulations for New York.
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Schumer: New Evidence Suggests Oil Companies Could Be Intentionally Driving Prices Up For Summer Driving Season
As gas prices jumped 28.5 cents a gallon in the last three weeks alone, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer called on the Federal Government to ensure that oil companies don’t intentionally drive up prices before the summer months to increase their bottom line. Today Schumer sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission to urge them to closely monitor refining capacity and prices, which could rise even more as more Americans increase their travel this spring and summer.
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Schumer: New Disclosures In Medicare Drug Program Reveal Upstate NY Epic Enrollees Not Protected, Required Drugs May Be Unavailable in New Plans
Across New York, 367,000 seniors enrolled in New York's Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC), may lose protection from loopholes in the new Medicare prescription drug plan, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer revealed. Schumer grilled the Center for Medicaid and Medicaid Services' Administrator Mark McClellan and urged him to offer the same safeguards to EPIC that are currently given to other private plans. Schumer also spotlighted how drug plans can change the lists of drugs they cover even after a patient has enrolled in a plan and hus committed them to that plan for a year.
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