Chuck Schumer

It makes no sense to pinch pennies when so many Americans are struggling. The risk of doing too little is far greater than the risk of doing too much.

We cannot do the mistake of 2009 where they whittled down the program so the amount of relief was so small that the recession lasted four or five years.

Look at 2008 where we spent a year and a half trying to get something good done, ACA, Obamacare, and we didn`t do all the other things that had to be done. We will not repeat that mistake. We will not repeat that mistake.

We cannot do what we -- the mistake of 2009. On the ACA, they spent a year, year-and-a-half negotiating, and then didn`t come to any agreement.

If we can`t move forward with them, we will have to do it on our own. Getting the job done in a big, bold way is the number one priority.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 4:33 p.m., adjourned until Monday, February, 1, 2021, at 3 p.m

For the information of all Senators, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the Mayorkas nomination at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. ____________________

The heroism of Officer Sicknick and the Capitol Police force during the violent insurrection against our Capitol helped save lives, defend the temple of our democracy and ensure that the Congress was not diverted from our duty to the…

I think Democrats are really looking back to 2009 here and saying, we’re not going to do that again.

Make no mistake, there will be a trial. And the evidence against the former president will be presented in living color for the nation and every one of us to see once again.

At this time, pursuant to rule IV of the Senate Rules on Impeachment and the U.S. Constitution, the President pro tempore emeritus, the Senator from Iowa, will now administer the oath to the President pro tempore, Patrick J. Leahy.

The history and precedent is clear, the Senate has the power to try former officials.

Democrats may have a way to pass the COVID relief bill and also President Biden’s infrastructure bill, just with 50 votes.

I think it might be a good idea for President Biden to call a climate emergency.

We are not going to do what he wants, and that is universal, Rachel, in my caucus. We will not let Mitch McConnell dictate to us what we will do and not do, period.

The Senate will deal with three things simultaneously. Nominations, we`re working to confirm more nominees this week. A fair impeachment trial. And delivering emergency COVID relief.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, at 8:06 p.m., the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at 10 a.m…

For the information of all Senators, there will be a live quorum at 2:15 p.m.; Senators are asked to report to the floor at that time; at 2:30, the oath will be administered to the Presiding Officer and Members of the Senate for the…

Despite McConnell trying to blockade everything, there are different things we can do to get around them.

Now, there will be a two-week place where the, you know, in the next two weeks the -- both sides will prepare their papers. That`s actually good for us because in that first week, this week, we`re going to spend time filling the…

Our hope is, now, we have tools that we can use. Reconciliation. We can get a lot of the COVID bill done with reconciliation, and that`s something we certainly will use if they try to block this immediate COVID bill. We can even use…

We’ve been thinking about this, stay tuned.

I would simply say to all of my colleagues, make no mistake, there will be a trial. And the evidence against the former president will be presented in living color for the nation and every one of us to see once again.

We look forward to organizing the Senate under Democratic control and start getting big, bold, things done for the American people.

What he did was despicable and bad for our republic.