Schumer Calls for Veterans Administration to Send Medical Supplies to Upstate New York

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to immediately send supplies and PPE to upstate facilities, including the VA Hospital in Buffalo. Schumer made the announcement Thursday afternoon during a conference call with statewide media, including WDOE News. Schumer says the VA has moved too slowly in providing protective equipment to front line health care workers...

Charles Schumer: wants the VA to act

The New York Democrat is blaming leadership in Washington for the lack of protective equipment for those workers...

Charles Schumer: not blaming front line workers

Thursday's announcement follows a report in March from the VA's Office of the Inspector General, which found that 21 out of 54 VHA hospitals would run out of PPE in the weeks following the report.