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In New Letter To Rupert Murdoch & Fox News Executives, Schumer Implores Fox News To Immediately Cease Dissemination Of Racist ‘Great Replacement Theory’ Echoed By Buffalo Mass Murderer

Following The Murder Of 10 People In East Buffalo, Where The Lone Gunman Touted White Supremacist Theories Often Spread By MAGA Republicans, Including Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Schumer Urges Murdoch & Fox News Executives To Immediately Cease Dissemination of Racist Theory on Network Washington, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released a new letter sent today to Rupert Murdoch and other top Fox News executives urging them to acknowledge their role in the insidious spread of false far-right, white nationalist conspiracy theories like the ‘Great Replacement Theory’ and immediately cease all dissemination of extremist, white supremacist ideology on their network. These false, racist conspiracy theories have been echoed by recent mass murderers, including the perpetrator of the assault of an East Buffalo grocery store that left ten dead over the weekend. Majority Leader Schumer cited the recent massacres of minority groups and people of color as symptoms … more...

Schumer Statement On The Confirmation Of Alvaro Bedoya To Serve As Commissioner On The Federal Trade Commission

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement on the confirmation of Alvaro Bedoya to serve as Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission:… more...

Schumer, Pelosi Joint Statement on Reported Draft Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade

, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement following media reports of a draft Supreme Court decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling:… more...

Op Eds

Schumer Op-Ed in New York Daily News - Gun sanity time in Washington: Chuck Schumer says Republicans must sign onto universal background checks

In my office in Washington, I keep photos given to me by the parents of children killed at Sandy Hook elementary school next to pictures of my wife and two daughters. Those photos are a searing reminder of the tens of thousands of American lives lost each year by gun violence, and the moral imperative we have to do something about it. According to the Gun Violence Archive, El Paso and Dayton marked the 250th & 251st mass shootings of the year. That's not counting the thousands of other acts… more...

Schumer Op-Ed In The NY Times: Our Rights Hang In The Balance

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 iss… more...

Schumer Op-ed in USA Today: Donald Trump's Tax Reform is Nothing Like Ronald Reagan's

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...

Speeches

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Schumer Announces Senate Passage Of Legislation To Provide Greater Access To Baby Formula; Access To Baby Formula Act Of 2022 Now Heads To President Biden’s Desk

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to announce Senate passage of legislation to provide greater access to baby formula. The Access to Baby Formula Act now heads to President Biden’s desk. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Actions Being Taken To Address The Baby Formula Shortage

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the urgent need for Senate consideration of bipartisan legislation to address the baby formula shortage. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Legislation To Form A Congressional Commission To Create The First National Asian American History And Culture Museum

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding new legislation that would form a congressional commission to create the first National Asian American History and Culture Museum, marking a huge milestone for our country’s Asian American community. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks which can also be viewed here:… more...

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