Chuck Schumer

They are so hell-bent on putting this nominee in.

It's infuriating. It's just infuriating what they're doing.

The majority of Americans say they should wait until next election.

We do not want to participate in an illegitimate, illicit hearing.

This process is the most rushed, the most illegitimate, the most hypocritical process of any Supreme Court nominee we have ever, ever seen.

Democrats will boycott the illegitimate markup tomorrow of Judge Barrett's nomination in the Judiciary Committee and will not provide the quorum required.

If people don't believe our elections are fair, that's the beginning of the end of this democracy.

The intent of Iran in this case and Russia in many more cases is to sow -- to basically undermine confidence in our elections.

Their lives would change in a whole lot of ways. Health care would be better. There would be greater -- many more jobs.

We are going to fight, fight, fight, and not let Donald Trump steal the election. And we will do everything that it takes.

It was vintage McConnell, all political trickery, no substance, no belief.

I think the tax code, particularly after Trump, favors the wealthy, not the middle class, not the poor.

Everything, everything is on the table.

Mitch McConnell has defiled the Senate like no person in this century.

The process is the most rushed, most partisan, least fair process on a Supreme Court nomination in the history of America.

Our party's response is, we want a COVID deal. We want a big, strong, bold COVID deal.

This is not a decision the members of the committee have taken lightly, but a Republican majority has left us no choice. We are boycotting this is illegitimate hearing.

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Would the Senator yield? I have brought an announcement to the floor that will take a brief minute. I don't mean to interrupt.

I have never seen such gross, obnoxious and cruel ignorance and not caring in any administration.

The President has been derelict, totally derelict in his responsibilities here since the very beginning.

It's clear, it's clear to the public that that's the case. They know that Democrats want to help that Biden wants to help, but that Trump and particularly the Republican Senate to standing in the way.

If you can believe this, Anderson, there are 20 members, almost a majority of the Republican caucus who don't want to spend any money, one of them said not one dime.

The problem, as you pointed out at the beginning has been Mitch McConnell. Mitch McConnell, his doctor, no, he doesn't want to get a deal done. his caucus is totally divided.

Well, you know, leader, Speaker Pelosi is trying very, very hard. There are real needs that the American people have, the devastation out there is awful over 200,000 people have died, people more -- millions getting sick, people losing…