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New York, N.Y. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) released the following statement after Donald Trump was indicted for mishandling classified documents: “No one is above the law – including Donald Trump....
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent the following letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack urging the U.S. Forest Services to increase the number of personnel deployed to Canada to help fight the forest fires.    Over the past few days,...
Washington, D.C. – Leader Schumer called on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) over a month ago to conduct an intensive audit of all Class I Freight railroads. In a response to his letter, the FRA has announced it will release a report of a broad assessment of Norfolk...
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...
Washington, D.C. – 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...
Washington, D.C.–Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor highlighting recent federal actions to protect LGBTQ+ communities. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: This morning, as the nation celebrates Pride Month, the...
Washington, D.C.–Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor highlighting today’s Senate vote on confirmation of Dilawar Syed to be Deputy SBA Administrator. Mr. Syed would be the highest-ranking Muslim official in the executive branch. Below are Senator...
Washington, D.C.– Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Supreme Court decision that ruled that the Alabama State Legislature violated the Voting Rights Act and congressional districts must be redrawn. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...