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ICYMI: TRANSCRIPT – In Interview With MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Majority Leader Schumer Outlines Big, Bold Agenda To Deliver Help To The American People

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, spoke about his new role and outlined the Senate Democratic Majority’s big, bold agenda to deliver help to the American people. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:… more...

Schumer Statement On Senate Confirmation Of Avril Haines For Director Of National Intelligence

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement today regarding the confirmation of Avril Haines for Director of National Intelligence:… more...

Leader Schumer Statement On Biden-Harris Administration’s Day One Executive Orders And Legislative Initiatives

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issued the following statement on the executive orders and legislative initiatives announced on Day One of the Biden-Harris administration:… 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 Supporting President Biden’s Executive Actions On The Climate Crisis

, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the Biden administration’s new executive actions on climate change and the overall climate crisis affecting our nation. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Senate Republicans’ Deeply Irresponsible Failed Attempt To Prevent The Impeachment Trial Of Former President Trump

, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor after 45 Senate Republicans voted against a motion to table Senator Paul’s point of order against the impeachment trial of Former President Donald Trump. Senator Schumer reiterated that there will be a trial and Senators will cast judgment as the Constitution demands. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Urgent Need To Confirm Homeland Security Nominee Mayorkas And President Biden’s Well-Qualified Cabinet Nominees Without Further Delay

, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need to confirm President Biden’s Homeland Security nominee, Alejandro Mayorkas, as soon as possible. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:… more...

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