Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this joint statement following dinner with President Trump:“President Trump's tweets are not inconsistent with the agreement reached last night. As we said last night, there was no final deal,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following joint statement following a dinner with President Trump in the White House:“We had a very productive meeting at the White House with the President. The discussion focused on DACA....

Senator Chuck Schumer, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Senator Bob Casey, and Senator Tammy Baldwin published the following post on Medium today. In the piece, they discuss how the Democrats will offer amendments to the NDAA bill that would protect and strengthen our Buy American Policies through taxpayer...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following joint statement following a meeting with President Trump in the White House:"In the meeting, the President and Congressional leadership agreed to pass aid for Harvey, an ...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following joint statement regarding Democratic votes for a Harvey aid package and a short term debt limit increase: “Democrats are prepared to offer our votes for the Harvey aid package,...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the below statement in response to the Trump Administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: “Most Americans know how heartless the DACA decision is; ripping apart families and...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following joint statement regarding Congress’s agenda: “Providing aid in the wake of Harvey and raising the debt ceiling are both important issues, and Democrats want to work to do both....

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer released the following statement after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that the reconciliation instructions from the FY2017 budget expire at the end of September. Unless Republicans can pass a tax plan by the end of the month, they will...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the below statement on the Trump administration’s sabotage of the current health care system: “The Trump administration is deliberately attempting to sabotage our health care system. When the number of people with...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer delivered remarks on a call with reporters regarding President Trump’s scheduled address on taxes this afternoon in Missouri. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: Later today, President Trump is planning to travel to Missouri to...

Senator Chuck Schumer published the following post on Medium this morning. In the piece, he calls on President Trump to disband the “Election Integrity Commission” and says that if the President refuses, he will seek to add language prohibiting the commission’s operation in a must...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released the below statement in response to President Trump’s threat during a rally last night in Arizona to shut down the government over funding for a border wall: “If the President pursues this path, against the wishes of both...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Brian Schatz, in the wake of recent violence in Charlottesville, released the below statement calling on President Trump to withdraw his nomination of Sam Clovis to be USDA Undersecretary for research, education and economics: “In...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released the below statement in response to Leader McConnell and Secretary Mnuchin’s remarks on tax reform earlier today: “To Democrats, tax reform is clear: We believe strongly that not one penny go to the top one percent and that...

 Washington, D.C. – In the aftermath of the violence in Charlottesville, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) delivered a joint Weekly Address this week, condemning racist and hateful speech as well as President Donald Trump for his lack of moral leadership. “The...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released the below statement regarding President Trump’s refusal to unequivocally and full-throatedly denounce white supremacy, Neo-Nazism & other forms of bigotry: “President Trump and Steve Bannon are trying to divert...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released the below statement regarding the Trump administration’s decision to make the August CSR payment: “This is better than not making the payments at all, but it’s not close to what is necessary. Once and for all,...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released the below statement regarding the beginning of talks to renegotiate NAFTA: “Nothing is more central to creating jobs and increasing take home pay than rewriting our backwards trade laws. In renegotiating NAFTA, the Trump...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today released the below statement in response to President Trump’s latest Charlottesville remarks: “Great and good American presidents seek to unite not divide. Donald Trump’s remarks clearly show he is not one of...

Schumer Statement on the CBO Analysis of Terminating CSR Payments Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released the below statement following the release of the Congressional Budget Office analysis on the effect of terminating payments for Cost Sharing Reductions: “Try to...