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  Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor prior to President Biden’s State of the Union address. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Tonight, President Biden will come before...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor and called for bipartisan support of President Biden’s work to shoot down the Chinese Surveillance Balloon ahead of the all-Senators briefing on Thursday. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the Senate taking its first judicial nomination vote of the 118th Congress. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Before Senators...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on strengthening the bill passed by the House to prohibit the sale of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve by considering if other countries should be included...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the need to work on a bipartisan basis to raise the debt ceiling and avoid an economic disaster that would be devastating for every single American. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the need to work on a bipartisan basis to raise the debt ceiling and avoid an economic disaster that would be devastating for every single American. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the importance of ratifying a tax treaty with Chile. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: For more than a decade, Congress has been working on an...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Big Oil companies recording historic profits after charging Americans high prices at the pump last summer, calling out Big Oil for spending huge chunks of their profits on...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Republicans’ obligation to show the American people their plan to end the threat of a first-ever debt default. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the progress on the Gateway Tunnel in New York. Gateway is one of the major initiatives supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the reintroduction of a resolution to remove the arbitrary deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment ratification. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on MAGA Republicans undermining American democracy by doubling down on election denialism. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: One of the biggest...

New York, N.Y. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke at an event with President Biden and New York and New Jersey leaders to celebrate the funding for the Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project. This project is one of many funded by the Bipartisan...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Senate committee assignments for the 118th Congress. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: And on a final note, last Thursday I announced the...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by the Senate in 2021 is delivering for critical projects like the Gateway. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to call on Republicans to end the threat of a first-ever debt default and show the American people their plan to cut critical programs. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the heinous murder of Tyre Nichols and called on the officers responsible to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor addressing the Republican “Fair Tax Act” which would mandate a 30% national sales tax on consumer goods and devastate American families. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to call on Republicans threatening a first-ever default on the debt to lay out their plan to cut vital programs. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee introducing Orelia Merchant, nominated by President Biden to serve as District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...