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Charles E. Schumer

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Charles E. Schumer is the current Senate Majority Leader and a prominent member of the Democratic Party, representing New York. He has served in the U.S. Senate since 1999 and previously held the position of a U.S. Representative from 1981 to 1999. Schumer has been a key figure in various legislative efforts, particularly in areas such as healthcare, immigration reform, and technology regulation. He has recently voiced concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence on political campaigns and the need for bipartisan solutions to address these challenges.

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Sep 23, 2015

I hope so. You know, he is such a powerful influence that people go to sleep tonight and say maybe, you know, he said and when he particularly spoke of both Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Martin of bringing us together and people overcoming…

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Jan 27, 2013

Ninety-one days ago, Sandy struck a body blow against New York State and New Jersey. And, today, we finally struck back.

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Jan 23, 2013

Assault weapons were designed for and should be used on our battlefields, not on our streets.

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Aug 1, 2011

But it's now time for Congress to get back to our regularly scheduled programming, and that means jobs.

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Dec 16, 2010

This is not fooling around. These men and the thousands of others who rushed to the towers on 9/11 and in the days thereafter were not fooling around. They, just like my colleague from Arizona, were risking their lives. To call that…

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Mar 16, 2009

We will act, and we will take this money back and return it to its rightful owners, the American taxpayers. We will take this money back by taxing virtually all of it.

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Mar 16, 2009

We will act and we will take this money back and return it to its rightful owners, the American taxpayers.

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Oct 16, 2008

I will never forget staying up until 5 and 6 o'clock in the morning to fight to keep the CRA.

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Sep 24, 2008

We believe he's impeding the negotiations. I think its all theater. House Republicans say they're not for the plan now.

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Sep 15, 2008

the administration is approaching an unprecedented step. Unfortunately we're living in unprecedented times. Hearing of these plans, you have to stop and catch your breath but upon reflection, the alternatives are much worse.

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Sep 15, 2008

The administration is approaching an unprecedented step, but, unfortunately, we are living in unprecedented times. Hearing of these plans, you have to stop and catch your breath. But, upon reflections, the alternatives are much worse.

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Jul 30, 2008

We are shocked about how the oil companies are spending those profits. They tell us they want to do more domestic production. They tell us they need to drill offshore.

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Jul 15, 2008

I am also sensitive to two of the antitrust concerns that have been raised.

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Jul 15, 2008

I am confident that Yahoo! and Google will wake up the next morning and prepare for the next battle.

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Apr 4, 2008

Today's job report is alarming and much weaker than expected.

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Apr 4, 2008

And the Bush administration continues to be a day late and a dollar short in responding to the economic realities we are facing.

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Apr 4, 2008

Chairman Bernanke was here on Wednesday and he came as close to saying that we're in a recession as he has so far.

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Apr 4, 2008

Today's jobs report is a shot across the bow for the administration that has not acted in the face of serious economic troubles.

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Apr 4, 2008

Despite these job numbers, the Administration continues its Hoover-like attitude of doing nothing.

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Apr 4, 2008

Even with falling home prices, rising foreclosures, job losses, and no economic growth, we have an administration that refuses, in a Hoover-like way, to take off its ideological handcuffs and help the economy.

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