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Chuck Schumer: Mr. President, $140 billion for ICE and Border Patrol, zero dollars to lower Americans' costs. This will be a…

On the recordApril 22, 2026
Mr. President, $140 billion for ICE and Border Patrol, zero dollars to lower Americans' costs. This will be a reconciliation of contrasts: Republicans want to shell out billions of dollars to Donald Trump's private army without any commonsense reforms or restraints. Democrats want to put money in Americans' pockets by lowering the costs of healthcare and gas and groceries, housing, and so much else. Republicans are bending the knee to Donald Trump and Stephen Miller. Democrats are standing up for the American people. Republicans want to keep shutting down TSA, FEMA, CISA, Coast Guard, and other crucial DHS Agencies. Democrats want to reopen all the law-abiding Agencies in the Department of Homeland Security. Republicans are at each other's throats, tying their party up in knots. Democrats stand united, and we stand firm. So this is a reconciliation of contrasts. Senate Democrats will make these contrasts abundantly clear, vote after vote, amendment after amendment, during the upcoming vote-arama. We are also making the contrast apparent off the floor. This week, we Democrats are releasing another 'Broken Promises' report on how Republicans have taken a trillion dollars out of the healthcare system and ripped healthcare away from 15 million Americans all to give tax breaks to the billionaires.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the Senate Republicans' budget resolution and contrasting it with Democratic priorities.

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