Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) demanded a full, immediate, and independent investigation into if and how the Trump-Noem spending cuts and policy changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may have contributed to an inadequate response to the...
Washington, D.C. Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) cut the ribbon for the grand opening of America’s first-ever National Semiconductor Technology Center Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Accelerator at Albany NanoTech, created by his CHIPS & Science Law, which will fuel the next...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent the following letter to HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling on him to declare a Public Health Emergency for measles amid an historic resurgence.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent the...
Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to call out the Trump administration for authorizing a $200 million contract for Elon Musk’s company to deploy Grok in a national defense capacity, a mere days after the AI model spewed antisemitic...
Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to call out the Trump administration for its blatant failure to protect Americans from natural disaster in the wake of the tragedy in Texas and called on the GAO to investigate the cuts to FEMA and how...
Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Republicans pushing to pass Donald Trump’s rescissions package that would gut local TV and radio stations, and decimate foreign aid. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...
Oversight
The economic chaos of the Trump administration means nothing is safe – not even your summer plans. Thanks to the Trump tariff tax, and Musk and DOGE cuts and layoffs, everything about our lives is more expensive and more stressful.
Massive DOGE cuts to public lands staff are wreaking havoc on our...
04.08.2025
Doge is Cutting Veteran Benefits to the Bone
President Trump promised repeatedly on the campaign trail, “We got to take care of our veterans” and “I will put veterans first.” Yet his team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has slashed the federal workforce, firing up to 6,000 veteran workers and decimating staff at the...
As Elon Musk calls Social Security “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time,” his team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency is crippling the agency, gutting up to 12% of its staff, shuttering local and regional offices, and hindering phone services for beneficiaries. All combined, the...