February 15, 2019
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this joint statement on President Trump declaring a national emergency:
"The President's unlawful declaration over a crisis that does not exist does great violence to our Constitution and makes America less safe, stealing from urgently needed defense funds for the security of our military and our nation. This is plainly a power grab by a disappointed President, who has gone outside the bounds of the law to try to get what… more...
February 14, 2019
Senate Democratic
Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this joint statement on
the possibility of President Trump declaring a national emergency:“Declaring
a national emergency would be a lawless act, a gross abuse of the power of the
presidency and a desperate attempt to distract from the fact that President
Trump broke his core promise to have Mexico pay for his wall.It
is yet another demonstration of President Trump’s naked contempt for the rule
of law. This is not an… more...
February 14, 2019
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today on the Senate floor challenged Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans to admit climate change is real, caused by humans, and that Congress needs to act. Below are his remarks, which can also be viewed here:
The Republican Leader fashions himself as someone who doesn't waste time with political stunts. I'm not sure I could count the number of times he's shrugged off a piece of legislation by calling it "a futile gesture" because the president won't sign it or be… more...
July 2, 2018
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement has created the most important vacancy on the Supreme Court in our lifetimes. Whoever fills Justice Kennedy’s seat will join an evenly divided court with the ability to effect the laws of the United States and the rights of its citizens for generations. Enormously important issues hang in the balance: the right of workers to organize, the pernicious influence of dark money in politics, the right of Americans to marry who they love, the right to vote.Two issue… more...
October 27, 2017
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following in USA Today on the Trump administration's tax reform plan. The op-ed can be found here and below.
Anyone who remembers the substance and the process of the 1986 Tax Reform Act should be baffled that President Trump has compared his current tax plan to that famous bipartisan bill signed by former president Ronald Reagan. Trump's partisan tax cut bill differs from that one in three major ways: It helps the rich at the expense of the middle … more...
September 29, 2017
Senate
Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi published
the following op-ed in CNN this morning. In the piece, they call for Congress
to pass the bipartisan Dream Act and give Dreamers the protections they have
earned:The Trump
administration's decision
to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
was both morally and economically wrong. It was an assault against young people
in communities across our country who are American in e… more...
February 14, 2019
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the bipartisan agreement reached to avoid a government shutdown. Below are his remarks, which can also be viewed here:
Later today, we'll vote on the agreement by the conference committee to keep the government open as well as provide additional border security.
Once again I want to applaud the members of the conference committee and their staffs, they were the nub here, and they did outstanding work, nights and weekends, to … more...
February 6, 2019
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding President Trump's State of the Union address, which was full of contradictions and inaccuracies and failed to address the real problems facing the country. Below are his remarks, which can also be viewed here:
Now Mr. President, last night President Trump had the opportunity to bring our parties together and offer the Congress and the country a new vision for the next two years of divided government.
President Trump squandere… more...
February 5, 2019
U.S. Senator Chuck
Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding tonight’s State of the Union
address and President Trump’s broken promises to the American people.
Below are his remarks, which can also be viewed here: Later
this evening, in front of a joint session of Congress, President Trump will
report on the state of our union. As is tradition, the president will say that
the state of our union is strong. But the American people know the truth -
unfortunately it is not. The
Amer… more...
February 13, 2018
Less than fifty
days into 2018, it’s increasingly obvious that the GOP Tax Scam overwhelmingly
benefits corporate executives and wealthy shareholders while the middle class
gets left behind.
Last week,
Senate Democrats released
a special report on the real impact of the GOP Tax Scam. As one
economics professor said, “The
only benefit of share buybacks is to people who are in the business of selling
shares: executives.” Since then, corporations have announced tens of
billions in additional corporate share buybacks - more than $120 billion in
total. … more...
February 1, 2018
In the wake
of Republicans’ massive corporate tax giveaways, big banks, oil and tobacco
companies, and other corporations have announced more than $50 billion on stock
buybacks in the first days of 2018.
These buybacks flow directly to the pockets of corporate executives - not American
workers. Since the Senate Republican tax bill passed in December, corporations
have authorized $136 billion on corporate share buybacks. Big Corporations
have pocketed their windfalls and laid off American workers. As one
economics professor told the Financial Times this
week, “The only benefit of share buybacks is to people who are in the
business of selling shares: executives.”… more...
January 12, 2018
LATimes: “With every passing day, it becomes clearer who’s reaping the benefit of the huge tax cut handed over to American corporations by the Republican-dominated Congress in December. Spoiler alert: Not workers or customers, but shareholders, especially the rich ones."… more...
