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Schumer Statement on SCOTUS Overturning Roe and Republicans’ Complicity in this Dangerous Decision to End Abortion Rights

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer issued the following statement today in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.… more...

Schumer Statement on Roberts Court Decision to Strike Down Commonsense Gun Safety Measures in New York

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released the following statement today after the Supreme Court issued a decision in the case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, striking down New York State’s commonsense gun safety law that keeps our communities safe:… more...

Schumer Statement on New Bipartisan Proposal to Lower Insulin Costs

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the new bipartisan proposal to lower surging costs of insulin - the Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act. The legislation was introduced by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME):… 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 Remarks On Senate Passage Of The Bipartisan Keep Kids Fed Act

 -  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Senate passage of the Keep Kids Fed Act, which will allow local governments to continue to provide free meals to children. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks.… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Senate Passage Of The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, The Most Significant Gun Safety Legislation In 30 Years

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Senate passage of historic, bipartisan gun safety legislation. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks.… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Senate Vote To Advance The Life-Saving Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the most significant gun safety legislation in thirty years, which Schumer said needs to be passed before the end of the week. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:… more...

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