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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.
I rise in agreement with the Senator from California against the amendment of the Senator from Ohio. I make this argument--and I am sorry the Senator from Pennsylvania is not here--if I were to offer an amendment that said you couldn't use…
The $2 million in this bill only goes to 3 or 4 gun importers for approximately 1700 guns. They will be getting, again, $1,000, over $1,000 for each gun that retails for $250. If there was ever a giveaway, on any fiscal basis, this is it.
It is a simple and noncontroversial amendment. It would dedicate $1 million of unallocated balances from fiscal year 1997 for police recruitment grants authorized in the 1994 crime bill. The program was inspired by the efforts of St…
I just want to add my wishes of good luck to Susan. I know she does not need them. She is one of the most talented people that I have come up against. We debated each other every week on channel 2 in New York, and let me tell the Members…
I do not apologize to anyone for saying that the system of campaign finance in this country is rotten to the core. There are good people here, and even they are turned in a bad direction by the way we finance campaigns, and the sooner the…
We know what will not be in it: the two things law enforcement requested, roving multipoint wiretaps and taggants to trace black powder explosives. These are the two things that law enforcement wanted. These are the two things the…
Evidently today we will vote on an antiterrorism bill. No one knows what is in it. The Committee on Rules passed a blank check bill. It has not even been printed, but we know one thing for sure.
I think the gentlewoman is exactly right. Some of this money would well be used to take all the research, the formidable research that is done under the Defense Department and translate it into civilian uses which could make us all safer.
Reclaiming my time, supporting agriculture by these kind of subsidies is a waste. It does not support it.
I have the list of all the programs that New York State benefits from, not a single farmer, not a single small business person, although I will say this: In my own district of Brooklyn they have Minkowitz Services, gets $5,000. I do not…
Why is the row of Republicans there so empty in giving speeches this morning? They are all busy fighting with each other over the budget. They do not have time to put together a coherent program. And the reason is simple: The Republican…
What I would say is, very simply, if we look at this budget with regard to toxic waste cleanups, welfare reform, weak on work but tough on kids, bigger deficits, not smaller, raising the deficit, limiting direct student loans, tax…
Bob Dole can run but he cannot hide. For the last year and a half, Bob Dole has led this Congress to cut Medicare, cut education, destroy the environment, attack a woman's right to choose, and pander to the gun lobby. Why is Bob Dole…
Even though I think this report should be tougher, I will vote for it. The hour is late. I am convinced we cannot delay further. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the terrible, bloody terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City that took the lives of…
One of the few times the American people were proud of this body in the last few years is when we had the courage, the courage to override the special interests and pass the assault weapons ban. Let us not undo that. Let us stand tall, be…
I support the amendment, Mr. Chairman, for a simple reason. I think it is wrong for anyone in the United States to knowingly deal with a country that sponsors terrorism. Why should we allow countries that sponsor such horrible acts as…
In all the debates we have had on gun control, the gentleman has always reminded and said: Do not ban the gun, just go after the criminal who uses the gun illegally. That is just what the gentlewoman from Connecticut is doing here. She is…
Is the gentleman saying that under the Barr amendment, Hamas would continue to be perfectly allowed to raise money here in America, members of Hamas would be allowed to come to America? Is that correct?
We have learned from LEAA. We have learned, put the money into cops, or we will never see more cops. And so I say to my colleagues that is no real crime bill. That bill is a real crime in terms of crime fighting because it does not have…
Shame on those who are saying that young FBI agent, that young DEA agent, maybe his wife is pregnant, that they may not get health benefits next week because of this horrible political game. Members on the other side are bringing this…
I would ask others on the other side not to object and to allow this amendment to go forward. It seems to me there was a real mistake here made when they zeroed out the entire program. I would hope that we could moves this amendment…
Does the gentleman not think that if these records were opened, particularly in some of the egregious cases, it would actually reduce litigation because you would not have to go through the same discovery and the same process over and over…
Our bill has the support of all of the local police officials because they know if they just leave it up to the politicians they will not get the same amount of money for cops on the beat that our bill provides.
I do not understand the point, Mr. Chairman. The gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Conyers] said there are 36 police officers in the district of the gentleman from California. The riposte of the gentleman from California [Mr. Riggs] said…
I think the gentleman makes an excellent point here, and that is that we have had a dramatic reversal. A program last year supported by so many of you, a program that you wrote in favor of, a program that is bringing hundreds and hundreds…
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