Chuck Schumer actually said...
In a moment, I will move to have the Senate take up the house bill to increase that number to $2,000, which I might add had broad bipartisan support. I don't want to hear that we can't afford it. I don't want to hear that it would add too much to the deficit. Senate Republicans added nearly $2 trillion to the deficit to give corporations a massive tax cut.
Context
Chuck Schumer advocates for increasing COVID relief payments to $2,000.
12/29/2020