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Majority Leader Schumer Statement On Investiture Of Supreme Court Justice Brown Jackson And Senate Democrats Efforts To Confirm Federal Judges

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement on the investiture of Supreme Court Justice Brown Jackson and Senate Democrats efforts to confirm federal judges:… more...

Joint Statement From Leader Schumer & Senator Warren On CBO Estimate Of Student Debt Cancellation

, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released the following joint statement on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate of student debt cancellation:… more...

The Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act Passed By Senate Democrats And Signed By President Biden Is Delivering For Communities Across America

Senate Democrats and officials from the Biden Administration recently announced new federal funding for state and local infrastructure projects, including from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program, passed as part of the historic bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.… more...

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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 Ahead Of Passage Of The Continuing Resolution

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of passage on legislation to fund the government, assist Ukraine, help American families heat their homes, and aid states hit by disasters. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Ahead Of Passage Of The Continuing Resolution

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of passage on legislation to fund the government, assist Ukraine, help American families heat their homes, and aid states hit by disasters. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Historic Accomplishments Of This Senate Democratic Majority

 -  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on this Senate Democratic Majority’s historic record of accomplishments for the American people. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:… more...

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