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Chuck Schumer: “We got the federal government to pay 70%, not the 50 that…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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NABTU Legislative Conference 2026 - Sen. Schumer Remarks

Published | Video Starts at 13:59

We made sure that the federal government funded it. We got it done when I was majority leader and We got the federal government to pay 70%, not the 50 that they usually pay. After years of hard work, Gateway was finally moving forward. And then we all saw what happened last year. The administration did the unthinkable. It illegally ordered a halt to the Gateway tunnel project. (13:59–14:05)

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Asserts that the federal government is funding 70% of the Gateway project, more than the usual 50%.

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