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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 8, 2024

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:52 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at 10 a.m…

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 8, 2024

Madam President, on another matter, the Senate this week will continue its work confirming more of President Biden's outstanding nominees to the Federal judiciary. The nominees that have passed through this Chamber have in many cases been…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-08
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 8, 2024

Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows…

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 8, 2024

Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 623. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-08
Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 8, 2024

I'm going back to this comes up why can't you guys do something about saving Social Security and Medicare?

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 8, 2024

President Biden continues to use his pen and phone to spend trillions, particularly on student loan bailouts, and in these unprecedented fiscal times that's the height of recklessness.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 8, 2024

Most importantly, we must have a frank discussion about Washington's spending addiction.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 8, 2024

any great power that spends more on debt service than on defense, will not stay great for a long time, a very long time.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 8, 2024

I don't put much stock in a study of Biden's fiscal records that leaves out hundreds of billions of dollars of unlawful student loan giveaways.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 8, 2024

Taxpayers and workers, and investors are smarter than we are in the United States Senate.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 8, 2024

We must stop digging ourselves into an ever deeper budget hole, and I think the budget agreement reached between McCarthy and Biden a year ago starts us down that track, maybe not as aggressively as we should, but it's still a start.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 8, 2024

I've criticized both Presidents for not doing enough to control spending and deficit.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 8, 2024

Rather than punish success, tax reform should focus on incentivizing work, savings, and investment.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 8, 2024

Updating the Budget Act for the 21st Century is a shared goal worth continuing to work towards.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jul 8, 2024

this whole theory of trickle down economics was behind the claims that the tax cuts were going to pay for themselves, right?

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jul 8, 2024

If we all agree that we're not cutting Social Security and Medicare, and we all agree that their trust funds become cash insolvent in approximately 10 years, there's only one solution left. Raise new revenues to fund Social Security and…

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jul 8, 2024

Make America Great Again (MAGA) Republicans live in a fantasy world of a balanced budget, with extended Trump tax cuts, and funded Social Security, Medicare, defense and veteran's programs. Can't happen.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jul 8, 2024

the single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.

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