Chuck Schumer

I just heard that our friend and colleague from North Carolina has collapsed during a race in DC and is receiving medical attention. Until we hear further news, our hearts will be in our mouths, hoping for the best. Our thoughts and…

In a week full of revelation after revelation, on a day when we thought things couldn't get any worse, they have. I was shaken by the report in the New York Times that alleged that the President tried to shut down an active FBI…

First let me thank my friend and colleague from Iowa for letting me go forward. The two Charles in the Senate work together whenever we can.

The country is being tested in unprecedented ways. History is watching.

Thank you, Mr. President. First, I want to thank my colleague from Colorado for his outstanding remarks and, even much more important, the work on the methane CRA. Much is happening today, and not many people paid much attention, I guess…

First I wish to thank my friend and our great Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Markey, for the great work he has done on the opioid issue. He was one of the first to sound the alarm when prescription drugs just began to be overprescribed…

This is part of a deeply troubling pattern from the Trump administration.

First I want to thank the majority leader for speaking about the agreement that the House and Senate came to on the appropriations bills, the spending bills. We may not agree on emphasis and what the most important things are, but we…

I enjoyed hearing my friend and gym colleague talking about defense. I agree with him; we need a strong defense. I agree with him that deficits are an enemy of getting the defense spending that we need. I hope when we consider tax cuts, we…

The new Trump care will allow states to decide whether or not insurers have to cover Americans with preexisting conditions. It's hard to come up with a crueler bill.

First let me thank my friend from Illinois for his always thoughtful and good words. I agree with his sentiments on Mr. Rosenstein, whom I will support as well.

He will appoint a special prosecutor if in fact it is necessary.

Chuck Schumer, the top Democratic leader in the Senate, adding his voice to the criticisms as well.

First, I sat at the back of the room to listen to my colleague from Illinois. I know he got up because he wanted very much to respond to the majority leader, and I thought he did a great job. It was a pleasure to listen, as always, to one…

We ask the Senate to do what is right for patients and immediately confirm Dr. Scott Gottlieb as FDA commissioner.

But now we have a great nominee, and I hope we can get you over the line here.

Now the one thing you can say about President Trump, when it came to the Supreme Court, he showed his cards.

And why are we here? Because Trump got 306 electoral votes.

If an opening occurs in the fourth year of President Trump's term, and the political season is afoot, that I will be with you all if you say wait until the next election.

We should reverse the presumption of confirmation. . . . We should not confirm any Bush nominee to the Supreme Court except in extraordinary circumstances.

I fully expected Trump to lose. He won. I think he deserves the right of every President to pick qualified people.

Even those who disagree with him can see the judge's decisions are meticulously crafted and grounded in the law.

We live in a unique time. The current President has displayed open contempt for the courts.

The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution.

Let me thank the attending physician for quickly coming to the aid of one of our stenographers. They all do an amazing job. They are the unsung heroes, and we wish the stenographer a speedy recovery. ____________________