WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) called on the U.S. Olympic Committee to abandon their current uniforms that were made in China and replace them with uniforms made in the United States. 

Schumer suggested Rochester-based suit maker Hickey Freeman to do the job.  The senator secured a commitment from President Mike Cohen of Rochester-based suit maker Hickey Freeman to produce the sport coats and dress trousers for the Olympic team’s uniforms for the opening ceremonies.

On Friday, Schumer called on the Olympic Committee to scrap their current uniforms, have them made in the United States, and consider hiring Hickey Freeman to lead the charge in producing the uniforms in the United States. In addition, Schumer and Hickey Freeman officials noted that should the current uniform producer, Ralph Lauren, decide to make the tailored components of their uniforms domestically, Hickey Freeman would be thrilled to partner with Ralph Lauren and execute that order in New York.

“Our Olympians don’t train their entire lives to don Chinese uniforms,” said Schumer. “Team USA is seeing red instead of red white and blue, and it is clear that the U.S. Olympic Committee should start over and provide the U.S.-made uniforms these athletes deserve.”

“Hickey Freeman stands at the ready to manufacture all tailored components of Team U.S.A.’s uniforms for the upcoming Olympic ceremonies,” said Doug Williams, Chief Executive Officer of HMX Group. “Our talented Olympic athletes deserve the best, and Hickey Freeman can quickly produce top-rate uniforms right here in Rochester. I hope that the U.S. Olympic Committee heeds Senator Schumer’s call.”.