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Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor, after the DOJ released another tranche of Epstein files, slamming the Trump administration for continuing to hide the full Epstein files from Americans forty-two days after the DOJ was legally...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor calling on Republicans to work together with Democrats to fund the government and negotiate on legislation to rein in ICE. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: As the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor on the need for an independent Federal Reserve after Donald Trump announced Kevin Warsh as his pick to serve as the next Fed Chair. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor slamming the Trump administration for the arrest of Don Lemon, calling it a dark message to journalists everywhere. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Last night,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor calling on Leader Thune to work with Senate Democrats and separate DHS funding from the appropriations package so the Senate can immediately pass five bipartisan funding bills and work together to make...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor condemning the murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and urging Republican Leader Thune (R-SD) to avert a Republican-led government shutdown by separating out legislation to fund the Department of...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor on yesterday’s Verizon service outage which impacted over 100,000 customers, and the need for companies to always compensate customers in the event that such a situation occurs. Leader Schumer also...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor slamming the Trump administration for their disregard of affordability and the Democratic party’s plans to address the skyrocketing costs of housing, groceries, health care, and more. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor slamming Donald Trump and his reckless military adventurism while ignoring the plight of Americans at home ahead of a Republican-led vote to dismiss the bipartisan War Powers Resolution. Below are...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor asking for unanimous consent to pass a three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits to provide urgent relief for the millions of Americans who lost their health care when the tax credits...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor announcing he will call for passage of a three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that passed the House last week to deliver relief to the millions of Americans who lost...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor slamming Donald Trump for campaigning on populist ideals and gaslighting the American people on affordability instead of taking any real action to address the skyrocketing costs of groceries, housing,...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor slamming Donald Trump and his Department of Justice for their politically motivated investigation into Jerome Powell, which will lead to economic chaos and instability. Leader Schumer also called on...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor condemning Donald Trump's unlawful tariffs for raising prices for families and shuttering small businesses ahead of the Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of Donald Trump’s trade war. Below...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor criticizing Donald Trump and his Department of Justice for their politically motivated investigation into Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell to distract from Donald Trump’s failing economy...

Washington, D.C. – Today, following the bipartisan vote to discharge the Venezuela War Powers Resolution, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about the need for Congress to reassert its constitutional authority over foreign conflicts in response to the Trump administration’s reckless...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about Democrats’ focus on lowering the costs of groceries, housing, and health care amid the Republican affordability crisis and Donald Trump’s reckless military adventurism. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor calling on Senators to vote for the Venezuela War Powers Resolution and reassert constitutional authority over Donald Trump’s dangerous military adventurism. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor criticizing Donald Trump and his administration for prioritizing their interventionist foreign policy goals and lack of transparency with the public and in Senate briefings, while neglecting issues...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Senate Democrats’ lower costs initiative, criticizing Donald Trump and Senate Republicans for prioritizing reckless military actions over lowering the cost of living for American families. Below...