(J. Scott Applewhite | AP file photo) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks to reporters on June 18, 2019, at the Capitol in Washington. Schumer called on the U.S. government Sunday, June 30, to step up its efforts to investigate the deaths of Americans who traveled to the Dominican Republic and is asking the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to get involved.