September 6, 2016

Wendy Long Proposes Reform Tying Senate and Congressional Salaries to Median Household Income

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CONTACT: Daniel Pollack
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New York, NY — U.S. Senate nominee Wendy Long today made the following statement:
“In honor of Labor Day, and in honor of the working men and women of New York and our whole nation, I pledge today that if elected to the United States Senate, I will introduce legislation setting the salary of every Senator and Congressman at the median American household income during the prior year. According to the most recent data, that would be $53,657 for the current year.”

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September 5, 2016

Q&A: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Wendy Long on tackling opioid addiction, need for term limits

SOURCE: WOCJournal.com.

Wendy Long is criss-crossing the state to spread her message — one she hopes will lead to a major upset in November’s election.

Long, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, is challenging U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer. Political prognosticators rate the race “safe Democratic.” A Siena Research Institute poll released Wednesday found Long trails Schumer, D-N.Y., by 39 points.

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August 31, 2016

Trump, Long win Tea Party poll

SOURCE: Manchester Newspapers.

It was a good week for the Republican Party at the Washington County Fair.

Each election year, the Washington County Tea Party Patriots conduct a straw poll at their booth, asking those who stop by who they plan to vote for. This year’s poll was for both the presidential election and the senate election. The Republican nominee won each by a large margin.

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August 30, 2016

Wendy Long Calls on King of “Pay to Play,” Chuck Schumer, to Disgorge Dirty EpiPen Money and Donate to Children’s Heathcare

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CONTACT: Daniel Pollack
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New York, NY — U.S. Senate Republican and Conservative party nominee Wendy Long today made the following statement in front of Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital in New York City:
“I am today calling upon my opponent, Senator Chuck Schumer, to disgorge the $10,000 in EpiPen dirty money that he received from Mylan CEO Heather Bresch and Mylan’s PAC.

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August 29, 2016

Schumer Corruption and Pay to Play Affect Epipen and Skyrocketing Drug Costs

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CONTACT: PATRICK EGAN
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New York, NY — Wendy Long, the U.S. Senate nominee in New York opposing U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), today said:

“The Epipen price gouging highlights a huge overall problem: Chuck Schumer bears responsibility for skyrocketing drug costs and artificial shortages, because he is neck-deep in the pay-to-play political corruption involving the drug industry and the hospital group purchasing industry.”

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August 23, 2016

Wendy Long responds to criticism of her remarks about Syracuse’s North Side (Commentary)

SOURCE: Syracuse.com.

On a recent visit to Syracuse, I visited the North Side.

I tweeted some photos reflecting what I saw and heard from citizens, in no particular order. Reporter Mark Weiner then wrote a story that opened with a lie, magnified by the headline writer, that I “linked rising crime with” the mosque that now occupies the former Holy Trinity Church.

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August 18, 2016

Wendy Long attacks Sen. Chuck Schumer on visa program

SOURCE: Newsday.

WASHINGTON — Republican Wendy Long charged Thursday that her Democratic opponent, Sen. Chuck Schumer, has engaged in “pay to play” by raising campaign funds from developers who benefit from the federal immigrant investor program.

Schumer has raised $1 million from real estate interests since 2011, including a law firm with a prominent practice in the EB-5 visa program that has contributed $82,200 to his campaign fund, according to a Long news release. It did not include a specific case.

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August 18, 2016

“Corrupt Chuck” Schumer is the King of “Pay to Play”: Selling EB-5 Visas toWealthy Real Estate Investors for Campaign Money

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CONTACT: PATRICK EGAN
[email protected] (646) 979-0621

New York, NY — U.S. Senate nominee Wendy Long, the nominee of the New York Republican, Conservative, and Reform parties, today said:

“Chuck Schumer is King of ‘Pay to Play’ in the corrupt, rigged system of Washington, D.C. Today’s example is how he exploits immigration law for wealthy real estate developers through the EB-5 visa program, which allows investors to pay $500,000 in exchange for a green card, in return for plenty of campaign cash given back to him.”

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