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Schumer Statement On Senate Parliamentarian’s Decision On The $15 Minimum Wage

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement today regarding the Senate Parliamentarian’s decision:… more...

TRANSCRIPT: At Event To Push For Passage Of Equality Act, Schumer Slams Recent GOP Attacks Against LGBTQ+ Community

Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), during a bicameral event to push for passage of the Equality Act, slammed the recent GOP attacks against the LGBTQ+ community. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:… more...

Majority Leader Schumer, Senators Wyden, Brown, Bennet, And Booker Join Data For Progress And Groundwork Action To Announce New Data Showing Popularity Of Expanding The Child And Earned Income Tax Credits In The American Rescue Plan

- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chair of the Senate Banking and Housing Committee Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Data for Progress and Groundwork Action to announce new polling data that shows expanding the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan is highly popular and has strong bipartisan support and that doing so would lift millions of American children and families out of poverty during the COVID-19 health and economic crises. … 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 Confirming President Biden’s Team And The Need To Pass The American Rescue Plan As Soon As Possible

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need to pass the American Rescue Plan - a bill with overwhelming bipartisan public support that would bring relief to millions of American families. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Instructing Committees To Begin Work On Legislation To Strengthen U.S. Semiconductor Industry, Enable The United States To Out-Compete China And Create American Jobs

 -  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding a new push for legislation that would boost American competitiveness by investing in our economy and our workers, leverage our alliances abroad, and stop once and for all China's predatory practices. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Yesterday’s Joint HSGAC-Rules Committee Hearing Into The January 6 Capitol Insurrection And The Importance Of Sticking To The Facts

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding yesterday’s hearing investigating the violent insurrection on the Capitol. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:… more...

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