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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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Jul 23, 2012

The hearing will come to order, and I want to thank my colleagues for coming.

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Jul 23, 2012

Will it interfere with them granting visas when they should not?

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Jul 23, 2012

Thank you, Senator Feinstein. We appreciate your long-term leadership on this issue.

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Jul 23, 2012

It is an incredibly important topic.

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Jul 23, 2012

The frustration we all have is this created a national crisis, and it is 11 years later, and we are still sort of developing things.

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Jul 23, 2012

Will it prevent them from falsely bringing--you know, wrongly bringing people into the country who should not be here?

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Jul 23, 2012

These sham schools are not real institutions of learning, but rather operate solely for the purpose of manipulating immigration law.

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Jul 23, 2012

We need real change here, and we will do it legislatively, but we will also do it with the letter that she suggested as well as oversight, continued oversight.

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Jul 23, 2012

We must balance the clear economic benefits of the Student Visa Program with the need to keep our country secure.

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Jul 23, 2012

Juilliard in my home State of New York would be one of those. We certainly want to let Juilliard take some foreign students.

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Jul 16, 2012

We are not going to get the fiscal relief we want, at least over the next short while.

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Jul 16, 2012

You cannot do it if it is not bipartisan.

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Jul 16, 2012

I think you have told Congress what you want us to do in your own Fed-speak way of doing it.

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Jul 16, 2012

I think so many of our biggest banks are too big to manage and too big to regulate.

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Jul 16, 2012

Under current conditions, fiscal policy should be our first choice. It would be more effective.

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Jul 16, 2012

I would urge you to take whatever actions you think would be most helpful in supporting a stronger economic recovery.

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Jun 25, 2012

I am interested in ways that new media, including social media, has been used to suppress voter participation.

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Jun 25, 2012

I just find them despicable. Despicable.

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Jun 25, 2012

We hold ourselves out to the rest of the world as sort of a beacon of democracy, and I think we can all agree that what we should be doing is protecting the right to vote and ensuring that everyone who has a right to vote is able to…

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Jun 25, 2012

I want to thank the Lawyers' Committee for the great work it has done since President Kennedy urged its formation.

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Jun 25, 2012

I want to thank Senator Cardin for his leadership, and I am proud to be his partner in this effort.

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Jun 25, 2012

False information, lies about our right to vote cannot be protected, and we have got to do something about it.

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Jun 25, 2012

No amendment is absolute. Obviously, there is a 15th Amendment, there is a First Amendment.

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Jun 25, 2012

These are deceptive practices that have no place in our election system.

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