New York, N.Y. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released the following statement on inflation hitting a new high, rising to 3.8 percent: “Today’s inflation numbers are a gut punch for American families. “Under Trump and Republican rule: prices are up, savings are down, and...

New York, N.Y. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declined to issue an injunction against President Trump’s executive order that creates a federal voter list and limits mail-in voting...

CNN: Memorial Day Sticker Shock: Gas Prices Near All-Time Highs WSJ: The Memorial Day Barbecue Is Starting To Cost A Small Fortune CBS News: Summer Travelers Face “Vacation Inflation” As Airfare, Gas Prices Rise Axios: Iran War Hits Small Business Hard Donald Trump illegally launched a war with...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released the following statement after the Senate voted to advance the Iran War Powers Resolution: “Vote by vote, Democrats are breaking through Republicans’ wall of silence on Trump’s illegal war. For more than 80 days, Trump...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released a statement on the DOJ’s decision to expand Trump’s IRS settlement to include a pledge that the IRS will no longer pursue any claims it may have against Trump, his family members, and his companies over unpaid...

Washington, D.C. – This afternoon, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will speak at the Center for American Progress to expose the latest efforts by Donald Trump and Republicans to strip voting rights, rig our elections, and undermine our democracy—and what Democrats are doing to stop...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement after the Department of Justice announced a slush fund that could pay Trump allies nearly 2 billion dollars: “This weekend, Trump worked up a plan to shake hands with himself in order to fund his...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security &...

New York, N.Y. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement after Senate Democrats blew up the GOP’s first attempt to make American taxpayers foot the bill for Trump’s billion-dollar ballroom: “Republicans tried to make taxpayers foot the bill for Trump’s...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement after the Senate Parliamentarian announced that Senate Republicans would have to redraft several provisions in their reconciliation legislation: “Senate Republicans’ reconciliation bill tells you...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mark Warner (D-VA) Chris Coons (D-DE), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Andy Kim (D-NJ) released the following statement as President...

Americans Want Relief. Republicans Are Answering With A Taxpayer-Funded Ballroom. Washington, D.C. – As Senate Republicans prepare to write a one-billion-dollar check for Trump’s vanity project, Senate Democrats remind Republicans that they promised for months that this project would be funded by...

Washington, D.C. –– As costs skyrocket across the country, Republicans have proven time and again that they are happy to cut programs for working families and drive up costs for Americans—all to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Americans are getting crushed by higher prices on everything from gas...

Senate Republicans Said A Politicized Fed Would Be Dangerous. Kevin Warsh’s Confirmation Is Their Test. Washington D.C. – Ahead of the likely vote to confirm Kevin Warsh as Chair of the Federal Reserve, Senate Democrats remind Senate Republicans of their own past statements on the importance of an...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke on rising gas prices due to Trump’s hostilities with Iran, urging Senate Republicans to support the War Powers Resolution to put an end to the reckless and costly fighting. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks which can...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement after the Supreme Court temporarily extended full access to mifepristone, postponing a decision until Thursday: “Mifepristone has been safe, effective, and trusted for decades. Today’s order keeps...

Schumer: Americans Don’t Need A Ballroom. They Need Relief. Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent the following letter to Senate Democrats as Republicans prepare to push through an almost one hundred billion dollar, party-line bill that would pour taxpayer...

Schumer Says Trump Fired CDC Cruise Ship Inspectors And Port Health Workers Now Needed To Track Americans Exposed To Hantavirus; Three Of CDC's Twenty Port Health Stations Have No Staff At All, Most Other Staff Greatly Depleted, CDC Has Not Revealed How Many New York, NY – Today, Senate Democratic...

Schumer Has Led Senate Democrats In Pressing The Administration To Crack Down On Meatpacking Consolidation, Foreign-Controlled Corporate Giants, And Price-Gouging That Raises Costs For Families And Squeezes Ranchers Schumer: If Trump Is Serious About Lowering Grocery Prices, He Should Break Up Big...

Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, more than 250 House and Senate Democrats filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging them to overturn a Fifth Circuit decision that would upend the FDA approval process and restrict access to life-saving mifepristone. Yesterday, more than 250 Senate and House...