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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...

Senate Democrats Hold Events Across America To Highlight How The Inflation Reduction Act Is A Major Win For American Families

NY Daily News (NY): Sen. Schumer Boasts Big Wins For The Nation, New York In Just-Passed Climate And Spending Package Star Tribune (MN): Klobuchar Says Negotiated Drug Prices Will Help All Consumers WBAL TV (MD): Lawmakers, Organizers Discuss How Inflation Reduction Act Will Help Homeowners Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV): Cortez Masto Touts Clean Energy Boost Thanks To Inflation Bill  WSGW (MI): Inflation Reduction Act Designed To Benefit Farmers, Climate… more...

After Passing Historic CHIPS And Science Law, Senate Democrats Fan Out Across Country To Tout Investments To Build Made-In-America Manufacturing, Ease Supply Chains, And Create Jobs

Senate Democrats passed and President Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act, historic legislation to build Made-In America manufacturing facilities, create jobs, and ease supply chains. In recent weeks, Senate Democrats spread out across the country to spread the word on this major victory for the American people.… 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 Following The Historic Ratification Of The Kigali Amendment To The Montreal Protocol

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor after yesterday’s Senate vote to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which will help create new American jobs, spur investments in U.S. businesses, and fight against climate change. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Senate Vote On The DISCLOSE Act, Legislation To Reign In Dark Money Threatening Our Democracy

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the DISCLOSE Act, which would bring more transparency and fairness to our elections. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:… more...

Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Release Of The GOP Agenda

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to contrast Democratic priorities with the GOP’s MAGA-agenda. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:… more...

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