Democrats would invest in teacher pay, modern classrooms, special ed and low-income schools, and pay for it all. We'd also protect collective bargaining.Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following op-ed outlining the...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding reports of a possible deal to save ZTE at the expense of American businesses and national security:“If these reports are true, the fines and board changes will do nothing to protect American national or...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the White House’s plan to hold a meeting regarding highly sensitive, classified information with members of Congress:“The White House plan to arrange a meeting where ‘highly classified and other...

Washington, D.C. – Today, House and Senate Democrats held a press conference on the steps of the United States Capitol to unveil the newest plank of their bold economic agenda, A Better Deal for Our Democracy, to fix Washington’s broken political system and return to a government of, by and for the...

USA Today: Higher Gas Prices Are Eating Into Trump Tax Cut, Trimming Spending By AmericansHouston Chronicle: Oil Companies To Reap Windfall In Tax Cuts, But Shareholders Get The Lion’s ShareOil Companies Have Announced Billion Dollar Buybacks And Layoffs In 2018 Despite Benefiting From The Tax...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding President Trump’s recent tweet on trade with China:“As I've always said, when it comes to being tough on China’s trading practices, I'm closer to Trump than Obama or Bush. But the president and his team...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement on the United States’ decision to suspend its plan to impose tariffs on Chinese products:“President Trump has created a unique opportunity but the people doing the negotiating shouldn’t blow it. There is nothing...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding ongoing negotiations between the United States and China:“The key to a strong agreement is protecting our intellectual property here in America and stopping the Chinese from keeping out our best goods...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding reports that the Trump administration plans to restrict access to funding for women’s health:“With this decision, President Trump is standing right between millions of American women and their doctors....

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement after it was reported that S&P 500 Index member corporations have already bought back a record amount of their own stock in the first quarter of 2018, putting them on pace to hit $1 trillion in shareholder...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the proposed increase in 2019 premium rates in Oregon: “Another state, another needless spike in health care premiums for middle-class families because of the Trump-GOP sabotage of our health care...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY),  Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today led a letter signed by 33 senators calling on the Trump administration to put...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the move of the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem:“In a long overdue move, we have moved our embassy to Jerusalem. Every nation should have the right to choose its capital. I sponsored legislation to do...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s economic foreign policy towards China. Axios recently reported that Secretary Mnuchin wants to cut a deal with the country in the coming weeks:“One of the few areas where the...

Washington, DC – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) announced today that they will lead their Senate Democratic colleagues in forcing a vote on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 on Senator Markey’s...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s blueprint to lower drug prices: “Unfortunately, the president’s proposal hardly puts patients first. The idea that asking Germany to charge their citizens more for drugs...

WSJ: “Goldman Sachs expects S&P 500 companies’ spending on buybacks and dividends to increase by 22% to $1.2 trillion in 2018, outpacing the expected increase in capital expenditures and R&D in 2018” Politico Pro: “while Republicans see lots of evidence of the law's impact, people who...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s failure to deliver an infrastructure plan for the American people:“Before President Trump was sworn into office, Democrats said we could and would work with him to come up with a...

With 50 supporters for CRA resolution, Senate Democrats prepare for final vote in the coming daysMomentum continues to grow for grassroots effort to ensure a free and open internet by overturning President Trump and FCC Chairman Pai’s anti-consumer action VIDEO:...

President Trump and the Republican Congress have created chaos in their politically-motivated takeover of our health care system, raising costs and reducing access to quality coverageRepublicans failed to pass their radical Trumpcare bills in Congress last year, which would have removed important...