Chuck Schumer

Lindsey Graham and I put in a proposal for a biometric social security card to deal with the immigration problem a couple of years ago.

I want to thank him for his dedication to helping men and women who serve overseas in our Armed Forces exercise their franchise.

I think that is counterintuitive to most of us here in this country.

3.8 percent of all respondents showed up to the polls and found they had problems with voter registration.

I want to express appreciation to Senator Feinstein for the fabulous job she did and hard work.

Opening Statement of: Hon. Charles E. Schumer, Chairman, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York.

The original resolution is approved and reported.

If voting is the heart of democracy, registering Americans is the lifeblood of our Republic.

The Rules Committee will come to order and I want to wish everyone good morning to our first Rules Committee meeting of the 111th Congress.

Voter Registration System Needs to Be Modernized

I still fail to see how we can get a real handle on the foreclosure situation with sticks as well as carrots.

We should come first because the taxpayers laid it out.

What about protecting the taxpayers? Just give us your broad thoughts on this since we are leveraging up to $350 billion of taxpayer money.

It is better to get it right than get it quick.

I believe that this Committee has a responsibility to take the time to fully consider, Mr. Secretary, your plan, including hearing alternative views.

The original TARP legislation I believe was not well thought out and was not properly considered by Congress.

I believe the Committee should be careful not to repeat our mistakes with TARP, not to believe everything blindly.

This Committee is going to play a very important role in addressing this crisis.

Put simply, our economy is withering, and the confidence of the American people is at a record low.

This moment is unlike any other that we have experienced in decades.

Whether we only need $200 billion or $310 billion or $500 billion or $600 billion more, let's take the money we have out of this pocket, which is not being spent well, from the banks, and use it instead of money out of this hardly fought…

I have to tell my colleague it sort of astounds me how there is sort of a role reversal. In the past, the Republican Party has been known as the fiscal-and-austere party, and we have been labeled--or accused of being--the tax-and-spend…

First, I want to thank you for holding this hearing, Mr. Chairman.

Wouldn't expanding HIDTA be a good response, not only for New York but for the whole country?

My parents have a quintessential American story.