Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Democrats Fighting To Lower Costs For Americans While Republicans Recklessly Engage In Foreign Conflicts

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Senate Democrats’ lower costs initiative, criticizing Donald Trump and Senate Republicans for prioritizing reckless military actions over lowering the cost of living for American families. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Now if Donald Trump and Republicans won't focus on lowering the cost of living, Democrats are happy to do it for them.

Later today, I am joining Senators Warren, Smith, Klobuchar, and housing experts from around the country to talk about this horrible housing crisis, one of the worst manifestations of rising costs.

Today's housing roundtable is a kickoff event for our Senate Democrats and our cost initiative, which will be our North Star for the year and beyond. We are going to focus like a laser on the increased costs Americans face to pay the necessary, the bills they must pay to live a decent life.

And just as we have talked for months about helping people afford health care, we’re going to continue to focus on helping people pay the rent, keep up with their mortgage, be able to afford a home for the first time.

In the coming weeks, Senate Democrats are going to lay out the many things Congress could do right now—if only Republicans were serious about lowering costs—when it comes to food, and childcare, energy, homeownership, health care, childcare, and more.

These are the things the American people care about: paying the bills, buying a new car, going on one vacation a year with your family, not invading Venezuela, not invading Colombia, not thinking about invading Greenland.

Donald Trump doesn't get it. He admits he doesn't get it. He doesn't understand why the American people are mad at him, when it's as plain as could be.

But Democrats get it. We're going to focus on like a laser today, next week, next month, and all year long. Republicans and Donald Trump will be hearing plenty more from us.

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