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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.
Let me read a quote. What I cannot defend is sending a blank check to local politicians across the country for them to decide how to spend it. That was said by your Speaker, then minority whip Newt Gingrich, on this floor on June 23, 1994…
I think ask the American people, ``Who do you want to leave it to, your local police chief or your local politician,'' they would say----
The program expires, so local communities would be on their own under either bill; is that not correct?
I make two points. First, the argument that our program expires and the block grant does not, that is totally false. Both are based on the trust fund. Ours goes 6 years.
What has H.R. 728 to offer in place of this proven working program that America's cops and America's people want? The biggest pork-laden boondoggle in the history of this Congress since the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration…
I would be happy. The gentleman from Florida makes a good suggestion. That is, that we make sure that consultants do not include nonprofit community organizations that are involved in crime fighting itself, and I would suggest we do that …
It does, indeed, because this year's bill is even broader. It could be spent on those purposes. Would not the gentlewoman admit if New York City would not want to spend an additional nickel on police of any sorts, that that would be…
That is exactly what will happen under last year's crime bill, according to the mayor.
Then, how can the gentlewoman say that New York, that her city, my city, the city we love, would not get cops after 5 years? The very provisions we wrote in the bill would make sure that they get cops for all the years this computer system…
Is the gentlewoman aware of the provisions that the mayor of our city fought for for permanent computers, permanent replacement that would keep cops on the beat long after the 5 years?
I have two quick points. Under the gentleman's own bill, the Attorney General would be the administrator. So even though the gentleman from Florida may say States qualify, unfortunately, if I were a Governor who wanted to build prisons, I…
I very much sympathize with the case from Oklahoma, and I think someone who did something like that ought to serve his life in jail. But under the gentleman's proposal, unless that gentleman served 25,000 years, 85 percent of the…
In my State the Governor, again, a get-tough-on-crime Governor, because the prisons are filled with low level drug offenders and the violent criminals get out more quickly, wants to build boot camps. Under the proposal on the other side he…
No; in the original bill there was such a proposal. Many people said that that is not a good idea and it was block-granted. So in the crime bill that is now law, there is no pot of money for midnight basketball. It is the same as the…
I would suggest that is not a way for people to vote, particularly those of us who want to incarcerate more violent criminals.
Mr. Chairman, just summing up to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle what the gentleman from Florida, Mr. McCollum's answer to the question would mean: It would indeed mean that there could in case after case be a sort of rush…
The question here is, and again being mindful of the fact that we do not want to allow endless appeals, but let us say that the defendant is in the process of going to the judge to ask for an appeal, can the State rush him to execution…
I am not familiar with the details of the Harris case. But, yes, I would say to the gentleman that if in that case Harris had no other way to beg back into court, then, yes.
If there was no other way for this person to get back into that court, then it is my understanding that the capital sentence would have to be taken, even with the DNA evidence, even with the clear and convincing evidence, for the very…
I just make two quick points. First, if there is a judge who is opposed to the death penalty and refuses to implement the law of the land, we should not eliminate any change that an innocent person has a right to some appeal. We should get…
My guess is 90 percent of the supporters of the balanced budget amendment are not. Once we have taken Social Security off, the cuts are at least one-third. I make the point that my analysis is, and I think it is uncontroverted, that it…
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