Chuck Schumer actually said...

"it's hard for me to understand how anybody can oppose that."

"To say it's OK--if we vote down this legislation, in a certain sense we are saying it is OK to physically harm people who you don't like because of who they are, and that's a bad thing."

"I'm not going to be put in that box. I'm not going to be intimidated."

"I do think Federal crimes should be limited to matters of national importance. I don't know of a more important subject than the principles of our Nation and embracing diversity."