Today, Senate Democratic Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats went on an all-out push to fully fund SNAP and WIC during the Republican shutdown. The Trump administration has threatened to let over 42 million Americans go hungry right before the holidays – despite their ability to fully pay for the...
Washington, D.C. – Ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) led a letter joined by Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Chris Coons (D-DE), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM),...
New York, N.Y. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement in response to news of Donald Trump’s latest price-spiking tariff temper tantrum, announcing he will stop trade negotiations with Canada, which is just the latest in his series of missteps that...
Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Donald Trump’s so-called trade deal that did not address China’s trade actions that hurt our workers and businesses, secured no real actions from the Chinese to stop the flow of fentanyl precursors,...
Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor urging Donald Trump and Republicans to work for the American people and end this healthcare crisis before it exacerbates, and to not manufacture an unnecessary and extremely harmful hunger crisis by...
Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Donald Trump and Republicans’ refusal to come to the table and solve the impending healthcare crisis while also manufacturing a hunger crisis by refusing to fund SNAP, as he and other presidents have...
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...
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:...