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On the recordApril 9, 2019
Madam President, the watchword in the executive branch today is ``chaos.'' This chaos stems from one source and one source only--President Donald Trump and his extreme agenda--and America is paying the price. Everyone agrees there are issues at the border, but if you are the President and if you are in charge of our national security, you don't tweet your way into a strategy; you don't keep changing policies; and you don't keep switching personnel if you want to make progress on the most challenging issue that is facing our country. Every day, we hear this is the President's new policy, and 2 days later, we hear it is not happening. People are being fired because they tell the President, according to news reports, that he can't break the law when he wants to do something. You cannot keep changing personnel, changing strategy, and tweeting your way through a problem as serious as this. That is why there is chaos when it comes to border issues--all created by the President and his whimsical, erratic, and oftentimes nasty pursuit of policy. Even the Republicans are worried sick about the chaos President Trump has created over the week. My friend John Cornyn says this is all a giant ``mess''--his words. Well, my friend from Texas is correct.…
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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