Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Senate Republicans Overriding The Parliamentarian And Going Nuclear

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of Senate Republicans overriding the Senate Parliamentarian and going nuclear. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:

On this vote, the Republicans will be breaking their commitment and will be going nuclear. And however they try to disguise their actions, this is nuclear — no ands, ifs or buts.

Tonight, Senate Republicans exposed themselves as fair weather institutionalists. By overriding the Parliamentarian — which the chair explicitly noted that the Parliamentarian has been overridden — and in order to do the bidding of the fossil fuel industry, Republicans have eroded away at the Senate foundation and undermined this institution they claim to care about. 

Make no mistake, Republicans have set a new precedent that will come back to haunt them and haunt this chamber. What goes around comes around.

If Republicans are willing to overrule the Parliamentarian and hijack the CRA in a way that has never been used before, they will not like it the next time they are in the minority.

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