Washington, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent letters to Capital One and Discover regarding their proposed $35 billion merger to better understand the potential anticompetitive effects of such a deal.  This weekend, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sent letters to Richard...

New York, N.Y. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement to remember the hostages who are still being held on the six month anniversary of the brutal attack by Hamas on Israel: “It has been six months since Hamas’s horrific and brutal attack on Israel on...

New York, N.Y. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement on Democrats’ continuing efforts to cancel student loan debt for the American people: "Growing student loan debt is holding back greater growth in our country, especially for communities of color....

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) released the following statement marking one year of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detainment in...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement after the Senate confirmed José Javier Rodríguez as Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor: “Under my leadership, this Senate has made it a top priority to confirm President Biden’s...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent the following letter to the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, David Godbey, urging Chief Judge Godbey to implement the Judicial Conference’s new policy regarding judge...

New York, N.Y. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today released the following statement on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appearance on CNN’s State of the Union and reiterated the call in his historic speech on Thursday for new Israeli elections after Hamas has been...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement on the Judicial Conference’s decision to stop the practice of judge shopping and restore Americans’ faith in the rule of law. This follows his letter from July on the matter to the Chief Judge of...

Washington. D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement on President Biden’s budget proposal, which lays out a strong path for the nation that Democrats are working to build: “Just as he did in his State of the Union address, President Biden’s budget...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement reacting to President Biden’s State of the Union Address: “Tonight, President Biden showed the American People that the state of our union  - and his leadership - is strong and only getting stronger...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today announced that the National Institute Of Standards and Technology will receive up to $10 million to establish the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute after heeding the call of Leader Schumer to balance continued U.S....

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today announced five New Yorkers and a Ukrainian soldier, wounded in battle but treated in a New York hospital, as his guests for the State of the Union. His guests range from local leaders to recipients of pension relief for union...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) joined with Senators Whitehouse (D-RI), Markey (D-MA) and Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representatives Lee (D-PA) and Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to lead 49 Members of Congress in sending a bicameral letter to...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services announced a response to the massive cyberattack on Change Healthcare. Leader Schumer sent a letter to CMS calling for an all hands on deck approach...

New York, N.Y. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent the following letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services after a massive cyberattack on Change Healthcare downed a vital network for hospitals and pharmacies. The attack left healthcare providers unable to be paid and...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement on Congress reaching a bipartisan agreement on the first six funding bills to ensure the government remains open: It’s good news that Congress has finally reached a bipartisan agreement on the first...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today delivered remarks on the critical importance of expanding access to the ballot box and ending voter discrimination at a press conference on the reintroduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. You can view Leader...

President Biden And Senate Democrats Have Confirmed The Most Black Judges Of Any President’s First Term Over 30% Of All Judges Confirmed By This Senate Are Black, The Highest Percentage Of Any President Senate Democrats have made reshaping our federal judiciary a top priority. In less than four...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) along with Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and House Appropriations Committee...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today released the following statement calling for an investigation into student loan forgiveness mismanagement...