Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Offering Prayers To President Biden And His Family Following His Cancer Diagnosis

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to offer prayers and well wishes from the entire Senate to President Biden and his family after his cancer diagnosis. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Today, our thoughts and prayers are with President Biden and his entire family after his cancer diagnosis this weekend.

If there’s one thing we all know about President Biden, it’s that he’s a fighter. All his life, he’s faced adversity and tragedy of the worst kind, and each time his response has been the same: he’s faced it with grace, with courage, and with the kind of resilience that only can come from God.

This is no different: I know President Biden will face this hardship with everything he’s got.

So today, the entire Senate wishes Joe Biden our very best. We will pray for him. We will root for him. And we know he will bounce back, just as he’s done his whole life.

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