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Schumer has history of nursing advocacy

As U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer sees it, his advocacy on behalf of the state's largest for-profit nursing home group was in keeping with his long-term commitment to solve America's nursing shortage.

Schumer's work on the issue goes back to his days as a congressman representing Brooklyn and Queens. In 1989, he introduced an immigration nursing relief act in the House that protected foreign-born...

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