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Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to denounce Vice President JD Vance’s false and inflammatory claims about Social Security, warning that Republican leaders are engaging in a coordinated campaign of disinformation to undermine the...

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Democrats wrote a letter to Speaker Johnson demanding the House take up the bipartisan, Senate-passed legislation that would end the misguided trade war with our longtime ally, Canada, and ease some of the economic turmoil American...

Washington, D.C. – Leader Schumer, along with Senate Democrats, released the following report on how President Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE are cutting the Department of Veterans Affairs to the bone. President Trump promised repeatedly on the campaign trail, “We got to take care of our veterans” and “I...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Donald Trump’s ill-conceived and chaotic trade war, which will raise costs, and make a recession more likely. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: I would like to begin...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to call out Republicans’ unpopular and dangerous plan to enact tax cuts for billionaires by taking away Americans’ health care and slashing essential programs, urging them to tread carefully amid the...

Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Donald Trump’s Tariff Tax Raising Costs For American Families And Teeing Up A Recession Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Donald Trump’s ill-conceived and chaotic trade war, which will raise costs for...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to condemn the coordinated assault on Social Security by Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Senate Republicans — an attack that is already hurting millions of Americans. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor calling out Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration for their harmful and chaotic policies that are adding to the debt, while creating tax breaks for billionaires and paying for it by...

WASHINGTON — Tonight, Senate Democrats put Senate Republicans on the record about how their budget puts billionaires first and families last. Democrats organized amendments in six categories to show how Republicans are: Increasing costs, including with Trump’s tariff taxes Giving tax breaks to the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor following the passage of the Senate Republicans’ budget which would gut essential programs and raise costs for the American people, all to provide a tax cut for billionaires. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) joined MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Trump’s tariff tax, the Republican’s budget that will increase costs for American families, and Senator Booker’s historic floor speech. Below is a full transcript of Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor during the vote-a-rama on his amendment to the Senate Republican’s budget resolution, which would reverse Trump’s tariff tax if they cause an increase in costs of groceries, medicines, and everyday...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor before the vote-a-rama on Senate Republicans’ budget resolution, announcing Democrats will bring forward amendments that would protect essential programs and reject billionaire tax cuts. Below are...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to further expose the real consequences of Donald Trump’s new wave of reckless tariffs on American families. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: I thank my colleagues for...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) appeared on CNN Inside Politics with Dana Bash. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks: Dana Bash: All right. Joining me now with a response to all of this from Capitol Hill is the Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. Senator Schumer,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of tonight’s vote-a-rama to lay out how Senate Democrats will shine a light on the Republican budget resolution for what it is: a cruel, dangerous scheme to gut Medicaid, rip away health care from...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor at the start of debate of Senate Republicans’ budget resolution that will allow for tax cuts for the ultra-rich at the expense of American families by eviscerating vital programs such as Medicaid. Below...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) alongside Senators Wyden (D-OR), Merkley (D-OR), Blumenthal (D-CT), Baldwin (D-WI) and Warren (D-MA) held a press conference on Senate Republicans' dangerous budget resolution which will give tax cuts to billionaires at the expense of...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to decry Republicans’ dangerous plan to enact permanent tax cuts for billionaires by slashing essential programs, increasing the national debt at the expense of American families. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor following Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day,” where he unveiled a reckless and misguided new tariff plan that is the largest tax hike on middle-class families since World War II, forcing working families...