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Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the Senate taking a crucial vote on whether to start debate on major voting rights legislation. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:The Senate...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding bringing forward legislation to protect the right to vote, strengthen our democracy, and put a stop to the tide of voter suppression flooding across our country. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding moving forward on infrastructure along two tracks and convening with the group of Democrats negotiating with Republicans to discuss the bipartisan track after meeting with Budget...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the United States Supreme Court 7-2 ruling to uphold the Affordable Care Act. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:Ever since Democrats passed the...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today delivered remarks at a press conference on the Senate passage of Juneteenth legislation yesterday. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:It is a beautiful, beautiful late spring day, and...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding his support for the repeal of the 2002 authorization for the use of military force in Iraq. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:Two days ago,...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the caucus’s meeting with Texas Democratic state legislators and Senator Schumer’s intention to hold another special caucus meeting to continue discussing the best path forward to...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding President Biden’s intention to formally nominate Myrna Pérez to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Democrats’ desire to bring balance, experience, and professional and...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the importance of moving forward with infrastructure on two tracks and on the need for a budget resolution that will put the United States on track for significant reductions in...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released the following statement after the Senate passed Senator Ed Markey’s (D-MA) legislation (S.475) to make Juneteenth a federal holiday: “Juneteenth commemorates the moment some of the last formerly enslaved people in the nation...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the recent FBI assessment that finds the threat of QAnon and violent domestic extremism. Senator Schumer added that this report further strengthens the argument for an independent...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding President Biden’s upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin and the need to combat cyber-crime, harden our cybersecurity, and condemn Russian aggression in the cyberspace. Below are...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need to combat antisemitism. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:First, let me thank Senator Rosen. She has...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has responded to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Senate Democrats’ December 2020 request for a public assessment on the threat posed by QAnon to the United States.A copy of the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released the following statement after President Biden nominated Myrna Pérez to United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Leader Schumer recommended Ms. Pérez to the White House for nomination to federal bench. “With a...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the rising tide of Republican voter suppression laws and his intent to bring major voting rights legislation to the Senate floor next week. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need for former Attorneys General Barr and Sessions and other officials who were involved in the subpoenaing of personal phone records of members of Congress last year to be...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the Senate working on two tracks to pass big, bold infrastructure legislation that delivers on climate change, the importance of acting on voting rights legislation this month,...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the somber milestone of 600,000 American lives lost from COVID-19. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:Tonight, Congressional Leaders will mark what...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) issued the following statement on revelations about secret subpoenas for metadata of House Intelligence Committee Democrats:  “The revelation that the Trump Justice...