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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.
after Senate Republicans established the principle that the Senate shouldn't consider Supreme Court nominations in Presidential election years, on Saturday, President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court with less than 40…
last night, President Trump delivered one of the most disgraceful performances at a Presidential debate that anyone has ever seen, and I do not mean that from a political perspective; I mean it from a human perspective. One can become…
on SCOTUS, it is for this President that Senate Republicans are now rushing through a Supreme Court nominee nearly days before a national election. A Republican majority that once argued the American people should be given a voice in the…
This man is an inveterate liar. You saw his debate performance. I thought it was summed up well by Shakespeare. Four hundred years ago, he summed up Donald Trump. He said that he's a -- it's -- let me just get the exact words right -- a…
The greatest economic crisis since the Depression 75 years ago, the greatest health care crisis since the Spanish Flu 100 years ago, and they don't want to spend a nickel, because their right-wing finance -- financiers don't want to pay…
Well, the reason they're in such a tizzy is, they know that Amy Coney Barrett is so far away from where the Americans -- American people are. She wants to get rid of the ACA, 130 million Americans with preexisting conditions gone.
They're either -- they either go along with Trump -- look, on the COVID bill, there are 20 Republican senators who don't want to spend one nickel. The greatest economic crisis since the Depression 75 years ago, the greatest health care…
I would -- believe me, on D.C. and Puerto Rico, particularly if Puerto Rico, votes for it -- D.C. already has voted for it and wanted -- love to make them states.
I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows Cloture Motion We…
Our adversaries sow disinformation in our society and seek to influence our elections. Vladimir Putin will stop at nothing to diminish Western democracies. A resurgent China wants to take America's place on the world stage. But the gravest…
While the rest of the country was busy fighting COVID, Senate Republicans have been abusing the power of the Senate to conduct opposition research for President Trump's campaign. This morning, the chairman of the Homeland Security…
Thank you, Madam President. July is long gone. August is over. We are now at the end of September. As you just heard--not from the Democratic leader but from the records in the Senate, as spoken by the Chair, there is no, no, no precedent…
first, let me thank all of my colleagues who were here until late last night and made such persuasive arguments as to why the new Supreme Court Justice matters so much to the American people, to their healthcare, the working people's…
I contend to you right now that what is worse is the CDC acceding to this interference.
This is a consequential and monumental fight and we have to use every tactic. But the number one thing is letting America know how bad this court will be for them, for their health care, for their ability to vote freely, to breathe the…
This nominee and a conservative right-wing court will take away America's rights, will take away America's progress.
We have tactical options to slow them down. We will use every tool in the tool kit.
If Leader McConnell presses forward, the Republican majority will have stolen two Supreme Court seats, four years apart using completely contradictory rationales. And McConnell has basically decided the rules don't apply to Republicans…
Yes, I am so -- I am so worried about that. You know, I grew up in a time before Roe v. Wade and what women did, had to do to have the freedom to -- for their bodies -- to use their bodies in their own way, the way they wanted.
Roe v. Wade is on the line. And I was heartened. I was with a group of young women who were born after I was, of course, and after Roe v. Wade had been law. And they realize the risk. They realize the risk. All of America realizes the risk.
Reserving the right to object. Because the Senate Republicans have no respect for the institution, we will not have business as usual here in the Senate, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard. The Senator from Florida.
We are occupying the floor of the Senate and we are letting the American people know how much this affects them.
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