Chuck Schumer

I'm confident the Senate will follow the house tonight and vote to avoid a government shutdown.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand in recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:40 p.m., recessed until Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at 10 a.m.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand in recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:17 p.m., recessed until Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at 10 a.m…

As if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the cloture vote on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5009 be waived. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro…

If the technology exists for a drone to make it up into the sky, there certainly is the technology that can track the craft with precision and determine what the heck is going on.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:22 p.m., adjourned until Monday, December 16, 2024, at 3 p.m. ____________________

I ask consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To add an effective date) On page 1, line 1, strike ``4…

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] proposes an amendment numbered 3321 to…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. Amendment No. 3321 to Amendment No. 3320

I have an amendment to the instructions at the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] proposes an amendment numbered…

I ask for the yeas and nays on my motion. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. Amendment No. 3320

I ask consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To add an effective date) On page 1, line 3, strike ``1…

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. SCHUMER] proposes an amendment numbered 3318 to…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. Amendment No. 3318 to Amendment No. 3317

I ask that the Chair lay before the Senate the message to accompany H.R. 5009. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives: Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment…

It is my understanding the Senate has received a message from the House of Representatives to accompany H.R. 5009. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator is correct.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, under the previous order, and pursuant to S. Res. 925, as a further mark of respect to the late…

I understand that there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 82) to amend…

Now, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1097 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro…

I further ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I further ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I further ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there further debate? If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 4776), as amended, was…

I have two requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

More important now than ever before when we've heard some in the previous administration talk about going after the press in one way or another