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Senate Democrats Say New Proposal Will Be Much More Effective At Helping People In Need Than The Tax Cuts The Trump Administration Has Proposed Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leaders today announced a new targeted economic and community relief proposal to help communities and...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the Trump Administration’s failure to adequately make coronavirus test kits available across the United States, including in response to the outbreak in New Rochelle, NY.  Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter today to Vice President Pence regarding the mass confusion and lack of clarity around the...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor following the first anniversary of House passage of H.R.1, the For the People Act, and urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to stop blocking this critical legislation. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the necessity of prioritizing the health and safety of the American people in response to the spread of the coronavirus and questioned why the Trump administration has lagged other governments in making...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today released the following statement in response to President Trump’s comments today at the White House press conference on the coronavirus:“What was glaringly missing from President Trump’s press conference was how he is actually going to...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor urging Leader McConnell to allow a vote on a bipartisan amendment that would significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make progress in fighting climate change. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor urging the Trump administration to seriously address the health and safety concerns of American workers and families above corporate interests. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be...

Dem Leaders Say Any Proposal To Address Outbreak’s Impact On Economy Must Include Paid Sick Leave For Workers, Among Other People-Focused Initiatives Washington, D.C.  – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following joint statement...

Washington D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement in response to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ decision to publish new data that measures how economic growth has been distributed across the income spectrum, following...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today released the following statement after the United States Senate passed the bipartisan funding agreement to combat the spread of coronavirus: “We have an emergency in this country and it calls for steady and competent...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Republican attacks on women’s healthcare rights. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: I just listened to the Republican leader and there was a glaring omission in his speech: he did...

Led By Reed & Peters, Senators Warn SecDef Against Eliminating Worker Protections & Collective Bargaining Rights Of Civilian DOD Employees Washington, D.C. – In an effort to stand up for workers’ rights and organized labor, the entire Senate Democratic Caucus today sent a letter...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the bipartisan funding agreement to combat the spread of coronavirus: “Today, Democrats and Republicans in Congress showed they can come together in a bipartisan way to respond to...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor, urging Senators to support a bipartisan emergency funding agreement to combat the coronavirus. Senator Schumer also called on President Trump to stop spreading false and misleading information and to start show...

Washington, D.C. – Today, ahead of the House of Commons’ debate on Huawei, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) led a bipartisan group of Senators in urging Parliament to reconsider the Johnson government’s decision to allow Huawei to supply some of the...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor on his expectation that a bipartisan funding agreement on emergency funding to combat the coronavirus will pass this week. He also called on the Trump administration to be transparent with the American people and...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding President Trump’s inadequate response to spread of coronavirus and the nomination of Rep. Ratcliffe to be the Director of National Intelligence. He also spoke about the energy bill that the Senate...

In New Letter, Sens. Schumer, Cotton, Van Hollen, And Young Urge Sec. Pompeo To Oppose China’s Bid To Lead The U.N.’S World Intellectual Property Organization Ahead Of Director General Election This Week The Lawmakers Emphasize That China’s Persistent Violations Of Intellectual...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s announcement that they will hear oral arguments in a Republican lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act in the fall: “For Americans who care about saving their health care,...