Chuck Schumer

It's the right type of earmark.

I am, like my colleagues, strongly in favor of extending the section 508 program. This is a critical program for some New York hospitals, and I appreciate the chairman's commitment to include the extension in future Medicare legislation.

The DOJ has been 'virtually nonfunctional' for the last six months.

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

I would ask one thing of my colleagues. We wouldn't want this--certainly, I wouldn't, and I believe most of my colleagues wouldn't--want to let this bill be delayed because of the cuts of a thousand deaths. We have dealt with the first…

I will tell you, I go to my State. It is a diverse State of 19 million people. It is not South Carolina. It is not Illinois. It is not Nevada. It is not California. It is not Washington State. But I will tell you, the No. 1 thing I hear…

So despite the good intentions of my colleague from South Carolina, the effect of what he is doing is preventing good, strong, tough ethics reform across the board on issues such as earmarks, but also on issues such as trips and the K…

I understand this passed by a whole lot of votes. That is not the point. There are lots of things that pass by a lot of votes, and then they all have to be worked out in conference committees and in other ways. If each of us insists ``it…

I would have voted in favor of the supplemental appropriations bill because I believe we must fund the troops who are in harm's way. However, I believe just as strongly that we must change our mission in Iraq away from policing a civil war…

I say to Chairman Kennedy, the junior Senator from New York and I stand ready to offer a bipartisan amendment to this bill that would establish a pathway for follow-on biologic drugs. We would prefer to work with you, and with the…

It's just like Iraq, only the president and the few advisers buried in a bunker think Gonzales should stay.

I just want to thank our chair and leader on the Judiciary Committee for the amazing job he has done on the U.S. attorney's issue and on so many others. One of the things that has been lacking for 6 years in this administration is…

Chuck Schumer is calling for Rove to testify before Congress, and give details on his involvement with the firings.

This is just another example of the White House not being up front about Rove's role.

The experts--intelligence, military, diplomatic--tell the administration what they are doing is wrong, tell the administration that all the signs on the ground point to a policy that is failing, and they keep their head in the sand and…

Senator Durbin mentioned one political party, the mugwumps. I would say the Republicans in the Senate today resembled another as well, the know-nothings. Hear no evil. See no evil. Do no evil. Put your head in the sand. Ignore what's going…

Democrats now have the majority in the United States Senate.

I don't believe my amendment will take much time. It might be good to dispose of both of them together.

For the past 2 years, Congress has included lupus as one of the diseases eligible for research funding through this highly regarded DOD program. This program has proven effective in filling essential gaps in research efforts funded by…

I wish to speak about lupus, a chronic and devastating autoimmune disease which affects a growing number of military personnel, their family members, and veterans. I would like to have this disease included in the Department of Defense…

This disease predominantly affects women and African Americans, which are a growing demographic in today's military. This debilitating disease damages vital organs and can cause disability or even death. Despite its prevalence and…

This amendment is one which I believe would be supported by George Bush because it restores the amount of funding for FEMA by $300 million. That is what the President requested. We have had unprecedented disasters in the Northeast and in…

Thirty-four seconds. In the interest of moving things along, I yield back the remainder of my time and urge an ``aye'' vote on this important amendment.

I was just going to speak for 5 minutes on the amendment that Senator Clinton and I and others have introduced.

I would ask for 5 minutes. I ask unanimous consent I speak for 5 minutes, and Senator Kennedy proceed for 1 minute immediately thereafter.