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Charles Schumer

4 press releases on AI$314 from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026 · contributions Oct 19, 2026 · super PAC spending Oct 23, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

What they said

neutralOct 9, 2026

Schumer announces DOD funding for Wolfspeed's silicon carbide chip production, framed around semiconductor supply chains rather than AI policy directly.

“Schumer Says Transformative 30-Year DOD Loan Commitment Positions Wolfspeed As A Supplier Of Silicon Carbide Semiconductors Essential To U.S. National Security, Catalyzing Domestic Chip Production & C…”

toward oversightSep 16, 2026

Touts CHIPS Act-funded federal investment in an IBM quantum computing fab to maintain US technology leadership over China.

“Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today applauded the finalization of the U.S. Commerce Department’s agreement to award up to $1 billion in federal CHIPS R&D funding, comb…”

neutralJul 29, 2026

Schumer touts CHIPS Act funding for silicon photonics R&D to power AI computing and keep America competitive, favoring federal investment rather than regulation.

“Schumer Previously Delivered Whopping $1.5B+ Award From His CHIPS & Science Law For GlobalFoundries To Spur A $16B Expansion Of Current Fab & Build New, State-Of-The-Art Second Manufacturing Facility …”

neutralJul 21, 2026

Schumer celebrates CHIPS-funded EUV lithography R&D in Albany as key to US semiconductor and AI leadership, promoting investment rather than AI regulation.

“Schumer Says New EUV Center Will Bring Companies From Across The World To Albany, While Boosting Existing NY Companies From Micron To IBM – And Helping Upstate NY’s Emerging Semiconductor Superhighway…”

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How they voted

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$314

From employees and investors, personally

$0

From company PACs

By employer

Company PACs in teal; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
Mar 18, 2026Rebecca BlackMICROSOFT$100↗
Feb 12, 2025Matthew WilsonGOOGLE$100↗
May 24, 2025Matthew WilsonGOOGLE INC.$40↗
May 29, 2025Matthew WilsonGOOGLE INC.$39↗
Jul 15, 2025Matthew WilsonGOOGLE INC.$25↗
Aug 21, 2025Matthew WilsonGOOGLE INC.$10↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.