NEW YORK CITY-United States Senator Chuck Schumer is urging the General Services Administration to put ink to paper and seal its 300,000-square-foot lease deal at One World Trade Center. In a statement released by the senator’s office on Friday, Schumer has called upon acting GSA administrator Daniel Tangherlini to move forward with the federal agency’s preliminary lease agreement at the 1,776-foot tower, which is set to top out at 104 stories within the next several weeks.

Last summer, the GSA signed a term sheet for space at the skyscraper, but following the recent controversy surrounding the organization travel abuses and misuse of public funds, Schumer is pushing to ensure that the focus is “not lost” to promptly finalize the agreement.

“The federal government was a key member of the World Trade Center tenant community before 9/11, and it must continue to be a significant presences now, as we stand on the precipice of a remarkable Downtown resurgence,” Schumer says, in a prepared statement. “If we want to continue to attract world-class business to the new World Trade Center, we need to make sure we put our money where our mouth is and get some skin in the game.”