Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement after Donald Trump announced he is tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) due to skyrocketing oil costs. Leader Schumer called on Trump to use the SPR on Sunday, citing the economic pain American...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) were joined by 41 colleagues in pressing the Department of Defense to provide answers to the American people on...
Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor to celebrate Jeremy Carl withdrawing his nomination to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. Leader Schumer opposed Carl’s nomination due to his long history of...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor urging Republicans to support Democrats’ unanimous consent request to fund all of DHS except ICE and CBP, and calling on Senate Republicans to work with Democrats on reforms to stop the abuses of ICE....
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor condemning Republicans for their refusal to address the abuses the country has seen from ICE and reiterated the need to fund DHS, except for ICE and Border Patrol. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...
Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor demanding a full, transparent investigation into the bombing of an elementary school in Iran that killed 170 people. He also demanded senior officials face public hearings and testify under oath as to...
02.20.2026
The Pardon Project
THE PROJECT
This project is meant to document the abuses of presidential clemency during President Trump’s second term, with a focus on cases that raise concerns about the administration’s exploitation of the power to reward political allies, supporters, and individuals with direct access to the...
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...
Oversight Reports
09.15.2025
TRANSCRIPT: Donald Trump Signs a Memorandum to Deploy Troops in Memphis, Tennessee, 9.15.25
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President Trump: Hello, everybody. It's nice to have you here. We have some big things to announce. Today, at the request of governor Bill Lee of Tennessee who's standing with us, as you know, I'm signing a presidential memorandum to establish the Memphis Safe Task Force. And it's very...
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President Trump: Thank you. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you very much. Before we begin, let me express the horror and grief so many Americans at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk have felt. Charlie was a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty and an inspiration to...
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Stewart McLaurin: This is [Inaudible] through the galleries. They come through those [Inaudible] --
President Trump: That's beautiful. [Inaudible]
McLaurin: And not a single [Inaudible]
Trump: [Inaudible]
McLaurin: [Inaudible] thank you so much for coming.
Trump:...