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Chuck Schumer

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Chuck Schumer is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New York since 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, he has held the position of Senate Majority Leader since January 2021, making him one of the most prominent figures in the U.S. Senate. Schumer previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1999, representing New York's 9th congressional district. Throughout his career, he has focused on issues such as healthcare, infrastructure, and economic development, often advocating for policies that benefit working families and promote social justice.

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Mar 7, 2017

Trumpcare is a health care handout for the wealthiest Americans and fake health care for everybody else.

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Feb 26, 2017

I predict that discord in their party will grow as Republicans turn to Washington after this last week of angry town halls. I believe the odds are very high. We will keep the ACA. It will not be repealed.

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Feb 9, 2017

I thank my friend for his kind words and, most importantly, his distinguished service to his country. Now on to other subjects.

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Jan 23, 2017

When other previous Cabinet nominees failed to pay their fair share in taxes, Senate Republicans forced those nominees to withdraw from consideration. If failure to pay taxes was disqualifying for Democratic nominees, then the same should…

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Jan 16, 2017

I am extremely troubled and he's got a steep mountain to climb. I'll wait to see what he says at the hearing, but it's going to be awfully hard for him to dig himself out of this hole.

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Jan 16, 2017

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is calling for an investigation to Price after CNN's Manu Raju reported that Price bought stock in a medical device maker and then introduce legislation that would have directly benefited the company.

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Jan 15, 2017

Democrats have been calling for an investigation. That's something that Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, once again called for tonight in the wake of our latest report.

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Jan 11, 2017

Since the amendment by Senator Coons from Delaware is not going to be offered, I believe that the Hatch amendment was a side- by-side to Coons and we don't need that. Is that true?

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Jan 9, 2017

We won't be voting for or against the President's policies.

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Jan 9, 2017

Move to a vote, hopefully sooner rather than later.

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Jan 8, 2017

They are almost exactly what Democrats requested. Mr. President, I don't bring this up to play gotcha. I'm doing it to show that our requests are eminently reasonable, and in fact, have been shared by leaders of both parties.

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Jan 3, 2017

They want to repeal it and try to hang it on us. Not going to happen. It's their responsibility, plain and simple. The Republican plan to cut health care wouldn't make America great again. It would make America sick again and lead to chaos.

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Jan 2, 2017

A sharp-edged economic message that talks about helping the middle class and people who want to get to the middle class get there more easily. We didn't have that in this election.

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Jan 2, 2017

The Republicans in the Senate and the House have been run by a hard-right group, an almost tea party group, and they are so far away.

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Jan 2, 2017

The only way we're going to work with him is if he moves completely in our direction and abandons his Republican colleagues. 90-95 percent at a time we'll be holding his feet to the fire and holding him accountable.

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Jan 2, 2017

If you do that, your presidency will not come close to being a success.

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Jan 2, 2017

I said Mr. President-elect, you went after the Democratic and the Republican establishments when you run, you were an anti-establishment change candidate, but by your cabinet picks and early pronouncements you seemed to be embracing a…

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Jan 2, 2017

We're playing no footsie. My views are exactly the same as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Both of them have said the same exact thing, if we can work with him and be true to our principles we're not going to reject it. But, overall…

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Jan 2, 2017

Making America great again requires more than 140 characters per issue. With all due respect, America cannot afford a twitter presidency.

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Jan 2, 2017

When you lose an election like this, you can't flinch, you can't blink. You have to look it right in the eye, analyze it, learn from it.

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Jan 1, 2017

Mr. Puzder who's supposed to be for labor, has been pretty anti-worker when he was the head of Hardees.

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