Chuck Schumer

I share my colleague's passion for maintaining free and fair competition in the marketplace, especially in the high-tech sector.

It's critical that technological growth not be unfairly constrained.

That is a question we have to ponder. We need great minds like the Senator's to figure out the answer. If we just blame the recession and think it will come back up, it won't. The kinds of structural changes my colleague talks about are so…

I compliment him on this outstanding speech. The hour is late and many colleagues have gone home, so I hope he will send this to every one of our colleagues. It has been a joy for me to stay and listen. The only question I wanted to…

I just want to follow up.

Federal legislation has been introduced by Senator Charles Schumer, S. 1002, the Safe Doses Act, that would expand the penalties for pharmaceutical cargo theft.

Eliminating the Government guarantee risks the flight of over $6 trillion dollars from the U.S. housing finance market.

Pulling the plug on the Government guarantee will kill the housing market, not resurrect it.

I am nonetheless opposed to proposals to eliminate any Government guarantee from the housing finance system.

No. Patent holders who have generated productive inventions and have provided large numbers of American workers with good jobs through the development and commercialization of those patents are not the ones that have created the business…

My friend from Illinois is correct. I have previously inserted into the Record a March 3 letter from the Independent Community Bankers of America which stated that ``Under the current system, business method patents of questionable quality…

I look forward to Ms. Brodie's hearing and her continued service to this country.

I was pleased and proud to recommend her for this position as someone who has chosen to make her home in this country.

In my opinion, Mr. Cordray's background and his experience show that he is the epitome of a public servant

Some of our colleagues want to reopen last year's debate. Because they could not win it through the ordinary legislative process, they have promised to block this nomination or any nomination until they get their way.

It is an agency designed to finally put consumers first. It is under attack even before it is fully on its feet.

Job creation. Focus on jobs.

I see that the minority leader is here, and I thank the majority leader for yielding.

I will ask one more question. If we are unable to come to a compromise on the leader's bill, there is virtually no time, no matter what the House does, for the Senate to do anything before default is over. That means our Republican…

That means this bill the leader will put on the floor tonight is the last train out of the station, and it also means, given the rules of the Senate, that only with bipartisan cooperation can we do it. So we are hoping and praying that our…

What we are trying to do with comprehensive reform is stop the flow of illegal immigration.

We do not want our immigration laws to have immigrants displace or take away jobs from Americans.

Immigration is an economic engine and we need immigration.

The entire State of Georgia welcomes the immigrants and their contribution economically and socially.

The Bosnian community, as I understand it, has 6,000 people or so in Utica. They have revitalized the downtown.